 Before the curtain drew up, there were catcalls whistling, which alarmed Johnson's friends. The Prologue, which was written by himself in a manly strain, soothed the audience, and the play went off tolerably, till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs....  How to Write a Good Play - Page 15by Frank Archer - 1892 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...pride. To force applause no modern arts are tried : went off tolerably, till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Prit'chard', the heroine of the piece, was...At last she was obliged to go off the stage alive.' This passage was afterwards struck out, and she was carried off to be put to death behind the scenes,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...tried : went 228 The Epilogue to IRENE. [AD 1749. went off tolerably, till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard', the heroine of the piece, was...At last she was obliged to go off the stage alive.' This passage was afterwards struck out, and she was carried off to be put to death behind the scenes,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience,1 and the playwent off tolerably, till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard, the heroine of the piece, was...At last she was obliged to go off the stage alive." This passage was afterwards struck out, and she was carried off to be put to death behind the scenes,... | |
 | 1857 - 610 pages
...Garrick's suggestion, he resolved to deepen the catastrophe by having her strangled upon the stage. She was to speak two lines with the bowstring round her neck. The audience cried out murder, and she was obliged to go off the stage alive. In all the subsequent representations, she was carried... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...strain, soothed the audience, and the play went off tolerably well till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard, the heroine of the piece, was...stage, and was to speak two lines with the bow-string about her neck. The audience cried out — ' Murder ! murder !' — She several times attempted to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pages
...the audience ; and the Voi. I. d ' play went off tolerably well, till it came to the ' conclusion, when Mrs Pritchard, the heroine of ' the piece, was to be strangled on the stage, and ' was to speak two linrs with the bow-string round ' her neck. The audience cried... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience, 8 and the play went off tolerably, till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard, the Heroine of the piece, was to be strangled upon the stage,and was to speak two lines with the bowstring round her neck. The audience cried out " Murder... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...audience, and the play went off tolerably well till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs Fritchard, the heroine of the piece, was to be strangled upon...round her neck. The audience cried out —" Murder! Murder!"—She several times attempted to speak, but in vain: at last she was obliged to go off the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience, and the play went ofi" tolerably till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard, the heroine of the piece, was...At last she was obliged to go off the stage alive." Irene was represented on the twelve following nights, and the heroine was carried off to be put to... | |
 | 1805 - 672 pages
...was a scene in it joo shocking for the feelings and patience of the audience ; who, when the berofne of the piece was to be strangled upon the stage, and...speak two lines with the bow-string round her neck, cried but, "Murder! murder!" This passage was afterwards struck out; and she was carried off to be... | |
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