 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 524 頁
...eft Primum ipji tibi He that feels not himfelf the Paflion he would raife, will talk to a fleeping Audience: But this never was the Fault of Betterton; and it has often amaz'd me to- fee thofe who foon came after him, throw out in fome Parts of a Character, a juft and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 552 頁
...all the master-strokes of an actor, the most diificuh to reach. In this none have equalled Betterton. He that feels not himself the passion he would raise, will talk to a sleeping audience. But this was never the fault of Bettertjn. A farther excellence in him was, that he could vary his spirt to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 540 頁
...the master-strokes of an actor, the most difficult to reach. In this none have equalled Betterton. He that feels not himself the passion he would raise, will talk to a sleeping au-r dience. But this was never the fault of Betterton. A far-i ther excellence in him was, that he... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 544 頁
...the master-strokes of an actor, the most difficult to reach. la this none have equalled Betterton. He that feels not himself the passion he would raise, will talk to a sleeping audience. But this was never the fault of Beiterton. A farther excellence in him was, that he could vary his spirit to... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 332 頁
...master-strokes of an actor, the most difficult to reach. In this, none yet have equalled Betterton. He that feels not himself the passion he would raise,...audience, but this never was the fault of Betterton." As in this character he was, in the opinion of many, without an equal, and continued to be applauded... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 336 頁
...master-strokes of an actor, the most difficult to reach. In this, none yet have equalled Betterton. He that feels not himself the passion he would raise,...audience, but this never was the fault of Betterton." As in this character he was, in the opinion of many, without an equal, and continued to be applauded... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 256 頁
...master-strokes of an actor, the most difficult to reach. In this, none yet have equalled Betterton. He that feels not himself the passion he would raise...audience ; but this never was the fault of Betterton." The reader may be gratified to contrast this description, as we may consider it, of Betterton's style... | |
 | 1838 - 1056 頁
...the master-strokes of an actor, the most difficult to reach. In this, none have equalled Betterton. He that feels not himself the passion he would raise will talk to a sleeping audience. But this was never the fault of Betterton. A further excellence in him was that he could vary his spirit to... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 506 頁
...master-strokes of an actor, the most difficult to reach. In this, none yet have equalled Betterton. He that feels not himself the passion he would raise...audience ; but this never was the fault of Betterton." The reader may be gratified to contrast this description, as we may consider it, of Betterton's style... | |
 | Walter Prichard Eaton - 1924 - 384 頁
...lays his finger on the cause of failure: the lack of complete entrance into his part by the player. "He that feels not himself the Passion he would raise, will talk to a sleeping Audience." (Not badly put, by the way, for a dunce!) Of course, by "complete entrance into a part" it is not necessarily... | |
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Betterton ; and it has often amazed me to see those who soon came after him, throw out in some parts of a character a just and graceful spirit which Betterton himself could not but have applauded ; and yet, in the equally shining passages of the same... 
