 | George Colman - 1827 - 298 lapas
...Since the preference, we know. Is for pageantry and shew , Twere a pity the public to balk — Aud when people appear Quite unable to hear, 'Tis undoubtedly needless to talk. Let your Shakspears and Jousons go hang, go hang I Let your Otways and Drydcns go drown! Give us but... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 422 lapas
...the Old Haymarket ; the Erst scene of which is still ' <id under the title of Sylvester Daggerwood. and that 'Twere better they began On the new invented...plot The new large houses soon found the necessity 01 returning to that 'magnificence of spectacle' of which my father speaks : they introduced white... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 424 lapas
...piece,* which ridiculed the extended dimensions of the two principal London playhouses, as follows : " When people appear Quite unable to hear, "Tis undoubtedly needless to talk ; * New Way at the Old Haymarket ; the first scene of which is still ac:ed under the title of Sylvester... | |
 | Dutton Cook - 1883 - 540 lapas
...magnificence : — " When people appear Quite unable to hear Tis undoubtedly needless to talk," — adding, " "Twere better they began On the new invented plan, And with telegraphs transmitted us the plot." There was perhaps little that was worth hearing in " Youth," and the players, though often exhorted... | |
 | Dutton Cook - 1883 - 368 lapas
...vast dimensions of the two patent houses, and their fitness merely for scenic magnificence : — " When people appear Quite unable to hear, Tis undoubtedly needless to talk," — adding, " 'Twere better they began On the new invented plan, And with telegraphs transmitted us... | |
 | Dane Farnsworth Smith, M. L. Lawhon - 1979 - 310 lapas
...theatres: Since the preference, we know Is for pageantry and shew, T'were a pity the public to balk— And when people appear Quite unable to hear, 'Tis undoubtedly needless to talk Let your Shakespeares and Jonsons go hang, go hang! Let your Otways and Drydens go drown! Give us but... | |
 | EDWARD LEDGER - 1871 - 364 lapas
...beginning " When people appear quite unable to hear, 'tis undoubtedly useless to talk," and ending with " 'Twere better they began on the new invented plan, and with Telegraphs transmitted us the plot." On February 3rd, 1794, George the Third and Queen Charlotte visited the Theatre. The entrance to the... | |
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Twere better they began On the new invented plan, And with Telegraphs transmitted us the Plot... 