The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Convent Gardin, Haymarket, and Lyceum, Volume 8Mrs. Inchbald Hurst, Robinson, 1824 - English drama |
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... so luckless in their doom ; Long will the doves of Venus murmur there , And shouts of warriors thunder o'er the tomb . THE END , Painted by Howard . KING JOHN CONSTANCE HERE I AND SCENE VI . ] ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA . 83 GRAND CHORUS. ...
... so luckless in their doom ; Long will the doves of Venus murmur there , And shouts of warriors thunder o'er the tomb . THE END , Painted by Howard . KING JOHN CONSTANCE HERE I AND SCENE VI . ] ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA . 83 GRAND CHORUS. ...
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... John . Acknowledge then the king , and let me in . your town ; Cit . That can we not : but he that proves the king , To him will we prove loyal ; till that time , Have we ramm'd up our gates against the world . K. John . Doth not the ...
... John . Acknowledge then the king , and let me in . your town ; Cit . That can we not : but he that proves the king , To him will we prove loyal ; till that time , Have we ramm'd up our gates against the world . K. John . Doth not the ...
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... OF THE MANAGERS FROM THE PROMPT - BOOK . WITH REMARKS BY MRS INCHBALD . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN , PATERNOSTER - ROW . EDINBURGH : Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. REMARKS . 0 KING JOHN ;
... OF THE MANAGERS FROM THE PROMPT - BOOK . WITH REMARKS BY MRS INCHBALD . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN , PATERNOSTER - ROW . EDINBURGH : Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. REMARKS . 0 KING JOHN ;
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... John is held most difficult to perform . John is no hero , and yet he is a murderer -his best actions are debased by meanness , deceit , or cowardice , and yet he is a king . Here is then to be pourtrayed , thirst of blood , without ...
... John is held most difficult to perform . John is no hero , and yet he is a murderer -his best actions are debased by meanness , deceit , or cowardice , and yet he is a king . Here is then to be pourtrayed , thirst of blood , without ...
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... John is inferior to many of his plays , yet it contains some poetic pas- sages , and some whole scenes , written with his hand , beyond all power of forgery . Theobald says , in his commentaries on this drama , " The action of the play ...
... John is inferior to many of his plays , yet it contains some poetic pas- sages , and some whole scenes , written with his hand , beyond all power of forgery . Theobald says , in his commentaries on this drama , " The action of the play ...
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