Cumberland's British Theatre Volume 3; With Remarks, Biographical
Cumberland's British Theatre Volume 3; With Remarks, Biographical
Cumberland's British Theatre Volume 3; With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed from the Acting Copies, as Performed at the Theatres Royal, London.cGeorge Daniel
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Author: George Daniel
Page Count: 112 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781130877991
File Name: Cumberland's.British.Theatre.Volume.3;.With.Remarks,.Biographical.&.Critical..Printed.from.the.Acting.Copies,.as.Performed.at.the.Theatres.Royal,.London.pdf
Download Link: Cumberland's British Theatre Volume 3; With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed from the Acting Copies, as Performed at the Theatres Royal, London
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ... was needed when this comedy was first produced, how much more is it required now, when the vices that it exposes are no longer confined to the circle in which they were wont to move, but are shedding their pernicious influence through every class of society. Piquet and ombre, ont of date and obsolete, are succeeded by other names for plunder, at which timet fortune, and reputation are equally sacrificed: --' See how the world its votaries rewards, --A youth of frolics, an old age of cards f--is a picture that will as easily be recognized at the east, as at the west side of Temple Bar. This comedy cannot be too frequently represented. To those whose withers are unwrung, it will afford much rational and elegant entertainment; to tbose who are about to enter the vortex of fashionable dissipation, it will emphatically point out--"How thousands are undone; What paths to follow, and what ills to shun." And even those who are already whirled in the maze, It may arrest in their mad career, and lead them back to virtue. Cibber tells us, that it was Sir John Vanbrugh's intention, had he survived to finish this comedy, to make Lord Townly turn bis lady out of doors. But Cibber, when the rough draft came into his hands, considered that such a catastrophe would prove too serious for comedy, and, at the same time, fail to produce the necessary surprise at the conclusion; he therefore resolved that Lord Townly should pardon, rather than repudiate his lady. And Cibber judged wisely; their reconciliation offers no violence to dramatic decorum. With a reputation unblemished, the wife renounces her fashionable follies, and the husband is appeased. Wilks and Mrs. Oldfield were the original representatives of Lord and Lady Townly. Cibber's account of his two celebrated...
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Cumberland's British Theatre Volume 3; With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed from the Acting Copies, as Performed at the Theatres Royal, London.cGeorge Daniel
Author: George Daniel
Page Count: 112 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781130877991
File Name: Cumberland's.British.Theatre.Volume.3;.With.Remarks,.Biographical.&.Critical..Printed.from.the.Acting.Copies,.as.Performed.at.the.Theatres.Royal,.London.pdf
Download Link: Cumberland's British Theatre Volume 3; With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed from the Acting Copies, as Performed at the Theatres Royal, London
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ... was needed when this comedy was first produced, how much more is it required now, when the vices that it exposes are no longer confined to the circle in which they were wont to move, but are shedding their pernicious influence through every class of society. Piquet and ombre, ont of date and obsolete, are succeeded by other names for plunder, at which timet fortune, and reputation are equally sacrificed: --' See how the world its votaries rewards, --A youth of frolics, an old age of cards f--is a picture that will as easily be recognized at the east, as at the west side of Temple Bar. This comedy cannot be too frequently represented. To those whose withers are unwrung, it will afford much rational and elegant entertainment; to tbose who are about to enter the vortex of fashionable dissipation, it will emphatically point out--"How thousands are undone; What paths to follow, and what ills to shun." And even those who are already whirled in the maze, It may arrest in their mad career, and lead them back to virtue. Cibber tells us, that it was Sir John Vanbrugh's intention, had he survived to finish this comedy, to make Lord Townly turn bis lady out of doors. But Cibber, when the rough draft came into his hands, considered that such a catastrophe would prove too serious for comedy, and, at the same time, fail to produce the necessary surprise at the conclusion; he therefore resolved that Lord Townly should pardon, rather than repudiate his lady. And Cibber judged wisely; their reconciliation offers no violence to dramatic decorum. With a reputation unblemished, the wife renounces her fashionable follies, and the husband is appeased. Wilks and Mrs. Oldfield were the original representatives of Lord and Lady Townly. Cibber's account of his two celebrated...
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