Three Plays: With a Preface Including Dramatic Observations, of the Late Lieutenant-General BurgoyneWilliam Mason, 1811 - 262 pages |
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angel anguish arms art thou beauty behold bless blest blood bosom brave Cambrian Canst thou captive CARASCO Castro child CLYFFORD CONSTANTIA cruel dark daughter dear death distracted dost dramatic dread duty E'en entering EUDORA Exeunt Exit fame Farewell fate father fear filial fond forgive friendship gallant GARCIA gentle glory gracious guard guardian guilt GWENDYLEN hear heart Heaven honor hope horror injured innocence justice kind KING EDWARD LELIO liege LLANDORVIN lord MAJONE mercy mind MOLINA MORTIMER murdered noble o'er OFFICER passion peace PERSOD pity prince prison QUEEN Raymond sacred SCENE VI SCENE VII shew SICARDI SOLDIER soul spirit sweet sweet child SYLVEYRA tears tender terror thee thine thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thro torture tragedy triumph troubled twas UBERTO unhappy VELORA VERINO VICEROY virtue voice wild WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM MASON wilt wish wounded wretched wrongs youth
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Page xxii - Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he : For once, upon a raw and gusty day, The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me, 'Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?
Page xxix - ... luckless tragedy, which he had published without the hope of its being acted, had the singular fortune of being represented at both the London theatres at the same time, condemned at the one, and received with applause at the other. The manager of Covent Garden said to him in a letter at this time, " I shall regard it as one of the most fortunate events of my mimic life, if I can fairly bring you to a determination of being a dramatic author; I mean for the stage, which certainly holds out much...
Page xxi - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance: Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth. For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings, Carry them here and there, jumping o'er times, Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hour glass.
Page xxxiv - ... in tutto sono essi concepiti diversi. E, riassumendo in poche parole quanto ho detto lungamente finora, e parlando ad un tratto e come censore e come autore, conchiudo quanto alla invenzione delle presenti tragedie, ch'elle potranno esser forse, o parere, mediocri, ed anche se si vuole, cattive; ma che non potranno elle mai esser giudicate non mie. SCENEGGIATURA Ecco, che fra...
Page ix - T. on a fact recorded in a newspaper; and that he had flattered himself, he should confer an obligation on the moral world by producing a drama, which, instead of being, as too many tragedies have been, a sort of persuasive invitation to suicide, might rather operate as an impressive lesson to prevent the frequency of that deplorable crime. Feb. 4. Maid of the Oaks. Old Groveby = Ryder. 11. King's bt. Sheep Shearing, or Florizel and Perdita. Florizel = Holman : Autolicus = King : Polixenes = Aikin...
Page xxxii - Quisquis ab eventu facta notanda putat," 1 have given this long and frank history of my earliest tragedy in the hope, that the occurrences relating to it may prove a useful lesson to young ingenuous dramatic writers, and put them on their guard against the various perils of sanguine expectation.
Page xxxv - Edward the 1st—in the 1st scene, Clyfford, who is nephew to the King, acknowledges that he was much shocked at having been present at the massacre of the bards, and informs the King, that one of them, Llandorvin, had escaped by the contrivance of Gwendylen, who is his daughter— Mortimer, who is
Page xxviii - I printed the dramas not intended for a public stage,the managers of different theatres vied with each other in eagerness to represent them. The late Mr. Colman exhibited Lord Russell in the Hay-Market ; and when Mr.
Page xxviii - VOured to get the start of him and produced Marcella so hastily and imperfectly got up, to u«ea technical phrase of the theatre, that he was obliged to relinquish the_play.
Page xv - In this state, one of my early friends recommended it to the notice of that accomplished though unfortunate soldier, that elegant and successful dramatic writer, the late General Burgoyne.