 | William D'Avenant - 1872 - 470 lapas
...plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence, we permit and give leave for the time to come, that all women's parts be acted by women." The same alteration was authorized for adoption by Killigrew at the other theatre.... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1873 - 964 lapas
...plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence, we do permit and give leave for the time to come that all women's parts be acted by women on the stage." The actress's profession, therefore, became established at the Restoration,... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1875 - 508 lapas
...plays have * hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have ' taken offence, we do permit and give leave, for the time to come, that * all women's parts be acted by women.' Gibber relates that in the contest between the two companies for the public favour,... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1878 - 428 lapas
...Whereas the women's parts in plays have hitherto been acted by men, at which some have taken offence, we do permit and give leave for the time to come that all women's parts be acted by women." What a change in public opinion in so short a period ! Yet boys continued to share... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1879 - 706 lapas
...plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence, we do permit and give leave for the time to come that all women's parts be acted by women on the stage." The actress's profession, therefore, became established at the Restoration,... | |
 | David Masson - 1880 - 880 lapas
...plays " have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at " which some have taken offence, we do permit and give leave " for the time to come that all women's parts be acted by " women." As the clause is permissive only and not compulsory, the public performance of women's... | |
 | Charles Harold Herford - 1881 - 118 lapas
...plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence, we do permit and give leave for the time to come that all women's parts be acted by women."§ Long before this there are signs of the same feeling. When Dr. Gager had * Long... | |
 | Titbits - 1884 - 376 lapas
...plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence, we do permit and give leave for the time to come, that all women's parts be acted by women." Mrs. Coleman, who played Janthe in Davenant's "Siege of Rhodes," in 1656, was probably... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 440 lapas
...plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence, we do permit and give leave for the time to come that all women's parts be acted by women on the stage." For his new company Davenant remodelled his " Siege of Rhodes," and also... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 408 lapas
...plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence, we do permit, and give leave, for the time to come, that all women's parts be acted by women.' Langbaine in his Account of the English Dramatic Poets, 1691, p. 117, speaking of... | |
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That, the women's parts in plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence, we do permit, and give leave, for the time to come, that all women's parts be acted by women. 
