Opis: Retrospections of America, 1797-1811 (Classic Reprint) - Bernard John

Excerpt from Retrospections of America, 1797-1811

There they made their first appearance as Gratiano and Portia, to the Shylock of Henderson. There they played Sir Benjamin Backbite and Mrs. Candor, in the first performance of the "School for Scandal" out of London, the rehearsals of which were superintended by Sheridan him self. From 1780 until 1784 Bernard acted in Ireland., where he was associated with such stage giants as Miss O'Neill and John Kemble. On Oct. 19, 1787, Bernard made his first appearance in London and at the Covent Garden Theatre, playing Archer in the "Beaux' Stratagem," Mrs. Bernard taking the part of Mrs. Sullen. In London Bernard made many friends; his associates were Sheridan, Selwyn, Fox, and the leading wits and men about town; and in 1789 he was elected secretary of the famous Beef steak Club, an honor of which he was always very proud.

His first wife having died, he married, in 1795, a Miss Fisher, who had a short and unimportant career on the stage, dying ten years later in America, to which country she accompanied him in the summer of 1797. His engagement was with Wignell, the Philadelphia manager, at a salary of a thousand pounds a twelvemonth, at that time an unusually large amount; and he made his first American appearance on Aug. 25, 1797, at the Greenwich Street Theatre, New York, as Goldfinch in the Road to Ruin, the elder Warren playing Old Dornton. During the six years Bernard spent in Philadelphia he played, besides the comedy parts for which he was engaged, Shylock, Falconbridge, Hotspur, and others, in the absence of a leading tragedian in the company. He went to Boston in 1803, where, in 1806, he became joint manager, with Powers, of the Federal Street Theatre, and sailed for Eng land in search of new attractions for his company.

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Szczegóły: Retrospections of America, 1797-1811 (Classic Reprint) - Bernard John

Nazwa: Retrospections of America, 1797-1811 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Bernard John
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330235195
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 424
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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