 | Tate Wilkinson - 1790 - 284 trang
...Conftance? — The audience, as if at once awakened from a fit of lethargy, by repeated plaudits flrove to make amends for their inattention to the moft beautiful woman that ever adorned a theatre." The Refufal was revived by Macklin that winter. Mr. Lee played Granger; but Mr. Gar-rick put the law... | |
 | Brander Matthews, Laurence Hutton - 1900 - 340 trang
...asked them bluntly if they would give Mrs. Woffington leave to act Lady Constance. The audience, as if at once awakened from a fit of lethargy, by repeated...strove to make amends for their inattention to the most beauti- M ful woman that ever adorned a theatre. THOMAS DAVIES : ' Miscellanies,' vol. t., chap.... | |
 | Edwin Beresford Chancellor - 1925 - 520 trang
...bluntly whether they would give Mrs. Woffington leave to play Queen Constance. The audience, as if at once awakened from a fit of lethargy, by repeated...strove to make amends for their inattention to the most beautiful woman that ever adorned a theatre."1 During Rich's tenancy of Covent Garden, one or... | |
 | 1864 - 758 trang
...would give their favourite Mrs. Woffington leave to act Lady Constance 1 The audience, as if suddenly awakened from a fit of lethargy, by repeated plaudits strove to make amends for their momentary inattention to the handsomest woman on the stage. The rebellious actors began to send excuses... | |
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This unexpected reception so embarrassed her, that she was preparing to retire, when Ryan, who thought they only wanted a hint to rouse them from their insensibility, asked them bluntly if they would give Mrs. Woffington leave to act Lady Constance. 