The Life of Mr. James Quin, Comedian: With the History of the Stage from His Commencing Actor to His Retreat to Bath ... |
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... Wilks , and formed a very strict intimacy with Ryan . It was to the last of these that he opened his mind with respect to coming upon the stage . Ryan was charmed to find his friend so sincerely approve of his plan of life as to be ...
... Wilks , and formed a very strict intimacy with Ryan . It was to the last of these that he opened his mind with respect to coming upon the stage . Ryan was charmed to find his friend so sincerely approve of his plan of life as to be ...
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... Wilks , who was a very handsome man , of a graceful mien ; studious of proper attitudes and cadences , in which he excelled most of his competitors . His forte lay in comedy , though he was no contemptible tragedian . Mr. Doggett , the ...
... Wilks , who was a very handsome man , of a graceful mien ; studious of proper attitudes and cadences , in which he excelled most of his competitors . His forte lay in comedy , though he was no contemptible tragedian . Mr. Doggett , the ...
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... Wilks , the Prince of Wales ; Cibber , Glendour ; and Harper , Sir John Falstaff . Nothwithstanding three of the parts were so well cast and Harper was no bad comedian , and a figure of the knight , this play did not meet with any ...
... Wilks , the Prince of Wales ; Cibber , Glendour ; and Harper , Sir John Falstaff . Nothwithstanding three of the parts were so well cast and Harper was no bad comedian , and a figure of the knight , this play did not meet with any ...
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... Wilks had so far the ascendency over the taste and judgment of the town that they carried all before them ; and from the time of the run of the Merry Wives of Windsor Rich could never fill his house without orders , till he introduced ...
... Wilks had so far the ascendency over the taste and judgment of the town that they carried all before them ; and from the time of the run of the Merry Wives of Windsor Rich could never fill his house without orders , till he introduced ...
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... Wilks in the year 1731 , gave the finishing stroke to this declining company . It is now that we may expect to find Mr. Quin shine forth in all his splendour , having no longer those powerful competitors and favourites of the town ...
... Wilks in the year 1731 , gave the finishing stroke to this declining company . It is now that we may expect to find Mr. Quin shine forth in all his splendour , having no longer those powerful competitors and favourites of the town ...
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