The Actor: A Treatise on the Art of Playing, Interspersed with Theatrical Anecdotes, Critical Remarks on Plays, and Occasional Observations on AudiencesThoughts on acting interspersed with theatrical anectdotes, critical remarks on plays, and occasional observations on audiences. |
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... fome , that tho ' an extravagant action or a mifplaced rant , do not deserve the name of an excess of fire ; yet in many characters , even where the player is not blameable in either of these points , he may too freely give himself up ...
... fome , that tho ' an extravagant action or a mifplaced rant , do not deserve the name of an excess of fire ; yet in many characters , even where the player is not blameable in either of these points , he may too freely give himself up ...
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... fome whose envious difpofition , impatient under the neglect of what they perfuade themselves are equal merits and equal charms in their own perfons ; and to comfort themselves under the misfortune of not being in the fame degree the ...
... fome whose envious difpofition , impatient under the neglect of what they perfuade themselves are equal merits and equal charms in their own perfons ; and to comfort themselves under the misfortune of not being in the fame degree the ...
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... fome impreffions which we know we ought to have , but cannot find that we really are poliefs'd of ; or to throw off fome o- thers which difpleafe , and feem not fo agreeable as they ought to be , to the circumstances of our bearts ...
... fome impreffions which we know we ought to have , but cannot find that we really are poliefs'd of ; or to throw off fome o- thers which difpleafe , and feem not fo agreeable as they ought to be , to the circumstances of our bearts ...
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CONTENTS | 1 |
Whether an Actor can have too much Fire? | 28 |
CHAP IV | 52 |
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