 ... to it. Scurrilous personalities, low buffoonery, and undisguised sedition took possession of the stage, and the licentiousness of morals under Charles the Second was now exchanged for the licentiousness of liberty. The necessity of some curb to these...  The Theatrical times - Página 921848Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William Coxe - 1816 - 464 páginas
...arraigned, and his conduct made the sport of the populace, in all the petulance of vulgar farce. He was unwilling, however, to make this a personal consideration...opportunity seemed to present itself, when Sir John Barnard, on the 5th of March 1735, brought in a bill " to restrain the number of houses for playing of interludes,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1838 - 520 páginas
...licentiousness of liberty. The necessity of some curb to these excesses became evident to all parties. In 1735, Sir John Barnard brought in a Bill to restrain the number of playhouses, and regulate the stage ; nor did there appear at first a single dissenting voice ; but... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1837 - 522 páginas
...licentiousness of liberty. The necessity of some curb to these excesses became evident to all parties. In 1735, Sir John Barnard brought in a Bill to restrain the number of playhouses, and regulate the stage ; nor did there appear at first a single dissenting voice ; but... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1839 - 532 páginas
...licentiousness of liberty. The necessity of some curb to these excesses became evident to all parties. In 1735, Sir John Barnard brought in a Bill to restrain the number of playhouses, and regulate the stage ; nor did there appear at first a single dissenting voice ; but... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849 - 602 páginas
...licentiousness of liberty. The necessity of some curb to these excesses became evident to all parties. In 1735, Sir John Barnard brought in a Bill to restrain the number of play-houses, and reflate the stage ; nor did there appear at first a single dissenting voice; but on... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 430 páginas
...licentiousness of liberty. The necessity of some curb to these excesses became evident to all parties. In 1735, Sir John Barnard brought in a Bill to restrain the number of playhouses, and regulate the stage ; nor did there appear at first a single dissenting voice ; but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 páginas
...Willis* skill ; ь 1 [The following Is a brief sketch of the origin of the Playhouse Bill : — In 1735, Sir John Barnard brought in a bill •• to restrain the number of houses for playing of interludei, and for the better regulating of common players." The minister. Sir Robert Walpole, conceiving... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1254 páginas
...his obnoxious power, and the representation of " Polly" was forbidden. In 1735, when sir John Bernard brought in a Bill " to restrain the number of houses for playing interludes, and for the better regulating of common players of ihterludes," Walpole proposed to introduce... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - 1892 - 658 páginas
...animus. Gay's Polly, a sequel to his Beggar's Opera, was forbidden by the Lord Chamberlain, and in 1 735 Sir John Barnard brought in a bill to restrain the number of playhouses, and to regulate the stage ; but when Walpole suggested that the powers of the Lord Chamberlain... | |
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