This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 edition. Excerpt: ...the detail of which I omit, because the play proved completely unsuccessful. To Adelmorn, the outlaw, he was not quite so complaisant; that hero was bestowed upon Charles Kemble. Monk Lewis promised here to surpass the efkct even of the Castle Spectre. His ghost appeared three times on the first ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 edition. Excerpt: ...the detail of which I omit, because the play proved completely unsuccessful. To Adelmorn, the outlaw, he was not quite so complaisant; that hero was bestowed upon Charles Kemble. Monk Lewis promised here to surpass the efkct even of the Castle Spectre. His ghost appeared three times on the first performance, but once was afterwards found more than suflicient. The dialogue was rather mean, and was often received with laughter by the audience. It occupied a few nights of the month of May. ' On the 11th of this month Mr. Cooke took the first of those strange liberties with the public, that afterwards became insulting and insufferable. He came on in Richard, and could not be heard; and, upon being desired to speak out, had the audacity to exhibit signs of contempt and menace to a part of the audience; and, in an abrupt manner, walked off the stage at nearly the end of the fourth act. Upon his coming on again, and showing some signs of contrition, he was permitted to finish the part. On the 17th and 18th ofJune thewinter theatres closed. " lost the valuable aid of Charles Kemble, who had. determined to indulge himself in a tour through Germany. Miss Decamp, too, declined the same summer engagement, and their retreat made room for Henry Johnstone and his wife. Mr. Colmanq this summer was so amply frequented to his stock pieces, that he needed but little novelty, and the mvAI; TRAGEDIANS. 299 'little he had was of no value. There was a two"act farce, 'called the Gypsey Prince, which was rendered bearable by some very pretty music by Kelly; and a thing called the Corsair, or the Italian Nuptials. The vigour of Johnstone and Farley, with a program a yard long, and new scenes by the dozen, rendered it somewhat...
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All Editions of Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq., Including a History of the Stage from the Time of Garrick to the Present Period; Volume 2
