Opis: The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. 4 of 4 - Massinger Philip

Excerpt from The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. 4 of 4: With Notes Critical and Explanatory

This "Comedy," of which it is not easy to speak in appropriate terms of praise, was licensed by sir Henry Herbert, May 25th, 1632, and acted by the king's company.

"The plot, the business, the conduct, and the language of the piece," as the Companion to the Playhouse justly observes, "are all admirable;" yet I do not know that it was ever revived till the year 1771, when the late Mr. Love made some changes in it, and procured it to be acted at Richmond.

Mr. Waldron, of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, is in possession of a very old alteration of this Play, in which, as usual, not only the titles, but the names of the dramatis person are changed. I have looked through it, but can find no thing to commend: it is called the Cure of Pride. This gentle man informs me that Mr. Love, who was the manager of the Richmond Theatre, played the part of Luke with great success; and that he afterwards prevailed on Mr. Garrick to bring the Play forward at Drury Lane. A short time since it was reproduced, with considerable alterations, by Sir J. B. Burges under the name of the Wife and Brother, and acted, for a few nights, at the Lyceum. But the drift of the original was totally mistaken, and the failure was, of course, complete.

The City Madam was received, as the quarto says, with great applause; it was, however, kept in the players' hands till 1659,* when it was given to the press by Andrew Pennycuicke, one of the actors.

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Szczegóły: The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. 4 of 4 - Massinger Philip

Nazwa: The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. 4 of 4 With Notes Critical and Explanatory (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Massinger Philip
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330392317
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 608
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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