 | Art - 1824 - 436 pages
...parts 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." Burt, Clun, Hart, and Hammerton, who had hitherto supported the female parts in the... | |
 | John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 514 pages
...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." (Dram. Censor 1811.) According to Downes, Davenant having completed his company and... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 pages
...parts have hitherto heen 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." Those who had hitherto played the women's parts in the drama, having played the heroes... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - England - 1834 - 432 pages
...parts have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken qffpnce, we dp permit and give leave, for the time to come, that all women's parts be acted by women." Those who had hitherto played the women's parts in the drama, having played the heroes... | |
 | John Timbs - London (England) - 1865 - 348 pages
...parts have hitherto been acted by meii 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." The advantage derived by the drama by this admission in favour of the ladies was great... | |
 | 1886 - 474 pages
...hitherto been acted by men in the Jiabits of women, at which some have taken offence, we do pertnit, and give leave for the time to come, that all women's parts be acted by women . — Ganze Klassen der Gesellschaft aber werden" von der Bühne aus dem Spotte des... | |
 | Robert Nares - English language - 1867 - 580 pages
...plays have hilhrrto been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some h:ive taken offence, we do permit, and give leave, for the time to come, that all котел'з parts be acted by women. T'ie same was the case in the theatres of antiquity. Lucian,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 404 pages
...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... | |
 | William D'Avenant - 1872 - 554 pages
...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.... | |
 | William D'Avenant - 1872 - 462 pages
...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.... | |
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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. 
