 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
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience, and the play 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 " damned " passage was afterwards deleted, and the lady, very properly declining to die somuch... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience, and the play went off tolerably, till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard, the heroine of the piece, was...bow-string round her neck. The audience cried out ' Murder I Murder/' She several times attempted to speak; but in vain. At last she was obliged to go off the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience,1' and the play went off tolerably till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard, the heroine of the piece, was...was to speak two lines with the bow-string round her neck.1 The audience cried out 'Murder, murder.' She several times attempted to speak, but in vain.... | |
 | 1877 - 814 pages
...alterations, and the tragedy was produced. The play went off tolerably well till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard, the heroine of the piece, was to be strangled upon the stage, and to speak two lines with the bow-string round her neck. The audience «ried out — " Murder ! murder... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience,2 and the play 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 pages
...pathos. At the conclusion of the piece, the heroine was to be'strangled upon the stage, after speaking two lines with the bowstring round her neck. The audience cried out 'Murder! murder!' and compelled the actress to go off the stage alive, in defiance of the author. An English audience... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience,* and the play 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 - 1885 - 490 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience,1 and the play went off tolerably, till it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard, the heroine of the piece, was...her neck. The audience cried out ' Murder ! Murder ! ' 2 She several times attempted to' speak ; but in vain. At last she was obliged to go off the stage... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1886 - 340 pages
...manly strain, soothed the audience, and the play 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." Davies adds the strangling of Irene in view of the audience, suggested by Garrick, was not approved... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pages
...yet not asham'd to fail, it T/ie Epilogue to IRENE. it came to the conclusion, when Mrs. Pritchard1, the heroine of the piece, was to be strangled upon...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,... | |
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