The Dramatic Magazine, 1. number1829 |
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... applause , in a very quiet passage elevating her voice to the highest pitch . This error not only destroys the effect of those passages that re- quire unusual energy in delivery , but it gives a most wearisome same- ness to her acting ...
... applause , in a very quiet passage elevating her voice to the highest pitch . This error not only destroys the effect of those passages that re- quire unusual energy in delivery , but it gives a most wearisome same- ness to her acting ...
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He met with very great applause in the last scene , where he discovers himself to Iachimo , as also in his expressing remorse and despair for having given credit to the calumnies of the " Italian fiend . " Mr. Cooper's Iachimo was a ...
He met with very great applause in the last scene , where he discovers himself to Iachimo , as also in his expressing remorse and despair for having given credit to the calumnies of the " Italian fiend . " Mr. Cooper's Iachimo was a ...
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... applause . TUESDAY , Feb. 24. - Oberon ; Planché . - Battle of Pultawa . Miss Paton appeared at this theatre , in the part of Reiza , after an absence of two years . The house was crowded to overflow , and her reception was most ...
... applause . TUESDAY , Feb. 24. - Oberon ; Planché . - Battle of Pultawa . Miss Paton appeared at this theatre , in the part of Reiza , after an absence of two years . The house was crowded to overflow , and her reception was most ...
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... applause with which the operas of Rhada- mistus and Agrippina were received , as recorded in Sir John Hawkins's History of Music , appears to have far exceeded the approbation bestowed on some similar productions of later times . Indeed ...
... applause with which the operas of Rhada- mistus and Agrippina were received , as recorded in Sir John Hawkins's History of Music , appears to have far exceeded the approbation bestowed on some similar productions of later times . Indeed ...
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... applause . Miss Foote charmed the auditory , in Variella , with the archness of her man- ner and the elegance of her dancing . On Monday the Tempest , Personation , and the Forest of Bondy , were well per- formed to a very thin house ...
... applause . Miss Foote charmed the auditory , in Variella , with the archness of her man- ner and the elegance of her dancing . On Monday the Tempest , Personation , and the Forest of Bondy , were well per- formed to a very thin house ...
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