 | 1794 - 524 pages
...performance of the charafter, that lord Dorfet, then lord chamberlain',' faid, ' It was the bed . firft play that any author • in his memory had produced; and that for a young fellow to (how himfelf inch an aftor, and fuch a writer, in one day, was fomething extraordinary.' This fuccefs... | |
 | William Cook - Actors - 1804 - 468 pages
...first play that any Author in his memory had produced ; and U 4 that that for a young fellow to shew himself such an actor, and such a writer, in one day, was something extraordinary." What then must that noble personage say (if living in the year 1781) to such an undertaking as Macklin's?... | |
 | Colley Cibber - Actors - 1822 - 564 pages
...Chamberlain) made me upon it, is, I own, what I had rather not suppress; vis. that it was the best first play that any author in his memory had produced, and...a writer, in one day, was something extraordinary. But as this noble lord has been celebrated for his good-nature, I am contented, that as much of this... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 pages
...chamberlain) made me upon it is, I own, what I had rather not suppress, viz. that it was the best first play that any author in his memory had produced ;...a writer in one day, was something extraordinary. But as this noble lord has been celebrated for his good-nature, I am contented that as much of this... | |
 | 1826 - 362 pages
...chamberlain) made me upon it is, I own, what I had rather not suppress, viz. that it was the best first play that any author in his memory had produced ;...for a young fellow to show himself such an actor and snch a writer in one day, was something extraordinary. But as this noble lord has been celebrated for... | |
 | John Galt - Actors - 1831 - 336 pages
...of Sir Novelty with so much eclat, that the Lord Chamberlain of the time said it was the best first play that any author, in his memory, had produced...for a young fellow to show himself such an actor and author in one day, was something very extraordinary. His next part was in Lord Foppington, in The Relapse... | |
 | John Galt - Actors - 1831 - 332 pages
...of Sir Novelty with so much 6clat, that the Lord Chamberlain of the time said it was the best first play that any author, in his memory, had produced...for a young fellow to show himself such an actor and author in one day, was something very extraordinary. His next part was in Lord Foppington, in The.... | |
 | Pierce Egan - London (England) - 1838 - 462 pages
...distinguished in the annals of the stage ; Lord Dorset, the Lord Chamberlain at that period, said of him — ' That for a young fellow to show himself such an actor,...such a writer in one day, was something extraordinary ;' he dwelt, at one period of his life, at Strawberry Hill. This distinguished residence afterwards... | |
 | Pierce Egan - London (England) - 1838 - 418 pages
...annals of the stage ; Lord Dorset, the Lord Chamberlain at that period, said of him—' That for a yonng fellow to show himself such an actor, and such a writer in one day, was something extraordinary;' he dwelt, at one period of his life, at Strawberry Hill. This distinguished residence afterwards became... | |
 | 1847 - 592 pages
...flattering to the author, and was pronounced by Lord Dorset, then lord-chamberlain, as " the beat first play that any author in his memory had produced ; and that for a young fellow to show bimeelf such an actor and such a writer in one day was something extraordinary." After this, the success... | |
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I had rather not suppress, viz. that it was the best first play that any author in his memory had produced ; and that for a young fellow to show himself such an actor and such a writer in one day, was something extraordinary. 
