The Plays of Theophilus and Susannah Cibber |
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... performance : Those who had not the pleasure of seeing this performance , may guess at the goodness of it by its never appearing after the first night . — But I can assure them , that tho ' the ingeni- ous author introduced it at his ...
... performance : Those who had not the pleasure of seeing this performance , may guess at the goodness of it by its never appearing after the first night . — But I can assure them , that tho ' the ingeni- ous author introduced it at his ...
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... performance this way : I presume , the contempt the audience gave his Mock Officer , provoked him [ Theophilus Cibber ] to set about an incom- parable pretty pastoral of two acts , called Damon and Daphne , with which he entertained the ...
... performance this way : I presume , the contempt the audience gave his Mock Officer , provoked him [ Theophilus Cibber ] to set about an incom- parable pretty pastoral of two acts , called Damon and Daphne , with which he entertained the ...
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... Performance was call'd , Love in a Riddle , " and was as vilely damn'd and hooted at , as so vain a " Presumption in the idle Caufe of Virtue cou'd deserve : " I will grant the Beggars Opera had more skillfully 66 gratify'd the publick ...
... Performance was call'd , Love in a Riddle , " and was as vilely damn'd and hooted at , as so vain a " Presumption in the idle Caufe of Virtue cou'd deserve : " I will grant the Beggars Opera had more skillfully 66 gratify'd the publick ...
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Actors Apology ballad opera becauſe Beggars Opera Benv call'd Capulet Caufe CINTHIA Clifford Colley Cibber Company Confequence cou'd dear Defign defire Drury Lane Drury-Lane Enter Euft Exit faid FAIRY Fairy-Queen fame Father Favour feem felf feveral fhall fhew fhould fince flain fome fomething foon fpeak Friend ftand ftill fuch fure Gentleman give Gran Harlot's Progress hath Heart Heaven himſelf Honour Houfe Houſe Inan Inanthe juft Juliet King Lady laft lefs Lord Love Madam Mafter moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never Night Nurfe Nurſe OBERON obferve Occafion Paffion Perfon Play pleaſe Pleaſure prefent Prince publick Queen Reafon Romeo Romeo and Juliet SCENE Senfe Servant ſhall ſhe Sir John Sloper Smart ſpeak Stage Susannah Cibber tell Theatre theatrical thee thefe Theophilus Theophilus Cibber theſe thofe thoſe thou thought uſe Warwick whofe Wife wou'd young