Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 pages |
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... Charles . Dryden , as Professor Root points out , is not to be charged with mere time - serving , since he but joined in the universal welcome to a king who seemed to assure stability of government when a collapse was threatened by the ...
... Charles . Dryden , as Professor Root points out , is not to be charged with mere time - serving , since he but joined in the universal welcome to a king who seemed to assure stability of government when a collapse was threatened by the ...
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... Charles had come into his own and proceeded to enjoy it . After twenty years of Puritan rule England by royal example was to be merry once more . Naturally , there was a mighty swing of the pendulum from the repression of all worldly ...
... Charles had come into his own and proceeded to enjoy it . After twenty years of Puritan rule England by royal example was to be merry once more . Naturally , there was a mighty swing of the pendulum from the repression of all worldly ...
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... Charles and the Duke ! But this drama was not merely the offspring of the time . It had its origins in the romantic plays of Beaumont and Fletcher , and its later devel- opment was affected by the extravagant French romances which were ...
... Charles and the Duke ! But this drama was not merely the offspring of the time . It had its origins in the romantic plays of Beaumont and Fletcher , and its later devel- opment was affected by the extravagant French romances which were ...
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... Charles . When Congreve laid down his pen , he had written four comedies , rising to extraordinary brilliancy in The Way of the World , and one tragedy , of which it can at least be said that it held the boards for nearly a century ...
... Charles . When Congreve laid down his pen , he had written four comedies , rising to extraordinary brilliancy in The Way of the World , and one tragedy , of which it can at least be said that it held the boards for nearly a century ...
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... Charles Kemble as Archer , Quin as Sullen , Weston , Macklin , and Liston as Scrub ( a rôle taken more than once by women ) , Kitty Clive as Cherry , and many famous actresses , Mrs. Pritchard , Peg Woffington , Mrs. Abington , Miss ...
... Charles Kemble as Archer , Quin as Sullen , Weston , Macklin , and Liston as Scrub ( a rôle taken more than once by women ) , Kitty Clive as Cherry , and many famous actresses , Mrs. Pritchard , Peg Woffington , Mrs. Abington , Miss ...
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