 Jordan, an actor and the author of various poetical pieces, provided for delivery upon this occasion a " Prologue to introduce the first woman that came to act on the stage, in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice.  William Shakespeare - Pagina 141di Georg Brandes - 1896Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 672 pagine
...here tranlcribe them : " A Prologue, to introduce the fir ft luimart that came te aft •a tbtftage, in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice. I come, unknown to any of the reft, To tell you news ; I faw the lady dreft: The woman plays to day : miftake me not, No man in gown,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 570 pagine
...here tranfcribe them : " A Prologue, to introduce the firft -woman that came to acJ on the ft age t in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice. I come, unknown to any of the reft, To tell you news ; I faw the lady dreft : The woman plays to-day : miftake me not, No man in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 594 pagine
...fliall here tranfcribe them : " A Prologue, to introduce the firft woman that came to aS on tbejlage, in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice. I come, unknown to any of the reft, To tell you news ; I faw the lady dreft : The woman plays to-day : miftake me not, No man in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 574 pagine
...Thomas Jordan, and being only found in a very scarce miscellany 4, I shall here transcribe them : " A Prologue, to introduce the first woman that came...stage, in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice. • i . . " I come, unknown to any of the rest, " To tell you news ; I saw the lad}' drest : " The woman... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 572 pagine
...introduce the first woman that came to act on the stage, in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice. 1 I come, unknown to any of the rest, ' To tell you news ; 1 saw the lady drest : ' The woman plays to-day : mistake me not, ' No rnan in gown, or page in petticoat... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1822 - 564 pagine
...heroine of Davenport's " King John." It seems from a prologue written by Thomas Jordan, expressly " to introduce the first woman that came to act on the stage," that this lady, who performed Desdemma, was an unmarried woman, and as Ann Marshall was the principal... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1830 - 348 pagine
...female, Mr. Malone quotes, from a " very scarce miscellany," a prologue, written by Thomas Gordon, to introduce the first woman that came to act on the...stage, in the tragedy called the " Moor of Venice." The following extract from the prologue will shew the necessity of the innovation, and the plea put... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1825 - 526 pagine
...female, Mr. Malone quotes, from a " very scarce miscellany," a prologue, written by Thomas Gordon, to introduce the first woman that came to act on the...stage, in the tragedy called the " Moor of Venice." The following extract from the prologue will shew the necessity of the innovation, and the plea put... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1828 - 540 pagine
...English stage belonged to this theatre ; for it was Thomas Jordan, an actor at the Red Bull, who wrote " A Prologue, to introduce the first Woman that came...Stage, in the Tragedy called The Moor of Venice." This was just prior to the Restoration: the name of the "gentle Desdemona" who volunteered to supplant... | |
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