John Crowne: His Life and Dramatic Works, Volume 1Western Reserve University Press, 1922 - 211 páginas |
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Página 31 - Oedipus, and given it to the Duke's company, contrary to his said agreement, his promise, and all gratitude, to the great prejudice and almost undoing of the company, they being the only poets remaining to us. Mr. Crowne, being under the like agreement with the duke's house, writt a play called The Destruction of Jerusalem...
Página 89 - Company compelled us, after the studying of it, and a vast expence in scenes and cloathes, to buy off their clayme, by paying all the pension he had received from them, amounting to one hundred and twelve pounds paid by the King's Company, besides neere forty pounds he, the said Mr.
Página 134 - MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE, — This comedy was written by the sacred command of our late most excellent King, of ever blessed and beloved memory. I had the great good fortune to please him often at his court in my masque, on the stage in tragedies and comedies, and so to advance myself in his good opinion ; an honour may render a wiser man than I vain ; for I believe he had more equals in extent of dominions, than of understanding. The greatest...
Página 55 - ... this revolution, which has been so happy to England, and the greatest part of Europe. Had not this change been, almost all Europe had been overrun by France ; England, for certain, had lost its rights, liberties, and religion, and perhaps been no more a kingdom, but a province to France, a vassal to vassals, and for all its wealth had nothing but a wafer. What could have stop'd that inundation of power which was rolling on, and swelling as it roll'd, delug'd many parts of Europe, and threatened...
Página 89 - CEdipus,' and given it to the Duke's Company, contrary to his said agreement, his promise, and all gratitude, to the great prejudice and almost undoing of the Company, they being the only poets remaining to us. Mr Crowne, being under the like agreement with the Duke's House, writt a play, called the ' Destruction of Jerusalem/ and being forced, by their refusal!
Página 75 - Writings soon made him known to the Court and Town: Yet it was neither to the Favour of the Court, nor of Wilmot Lord Rochester, one of the shining Ornaments of it, that he was indebted for the Nomination which the King made of him for the writing of the Mask of Calypso [ie Calistol, but to the Malice of that noble Lord, who design'd by that preference to mortify Mr. Dryden.
Página 127 - Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son, Got, while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy.
Página 99 - Tis much more hard to please himself than you : And, out of no feign'd modesty, this day Damns his laborious trifle of a play: Not that it's -worse than what before he writ, But he has now another taste of wit ; And, to confess a truth, though out of time, Grows weary of his long-loved mistress, Rhyme.
Página 130 - And we considering, with heavy hearts, how greatly the reputation and honesty of the kingdom hath been wasted in maintaining the said garrisons ; and finding the same counsels, after exemplary justice upon some of the conspirators, to be still pursued with the utmost devilish malice and desire of revenge, whereby his Majesty is in continual hazard to be destroyed, to make way for the said rabble's advancement to the crown.
Página 142 - Barry was struck with a ver^ violent fever, that took all spirit from her, by consequence from the play; the scenes she acted fell dead from her ; and in the fourth act her distemper grew so much upon her, she cou'd go on no farther, but all her part in that act was wholly cut out, and neither spoke nor read ; that the people...