 | J. M. Jephson - Dramatists, English - 1864 - 286 pages
...was the greateft player that ever trod the ftage. He adds, however, and this is obvioufly an error, " I could never meet with any further account of him...his performance was the Ghoft, in his own ' Hamlet.' " Oldys fays that a younger brother of the Poet's, who lived at Stratford to a good old age, ufed to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1868 - 538 pages
...particular account of what sort of parts he used to play; and though I have inquired, I never could meet with any further account of him this way, than that the top of his performance was the Ghost in his own 'Hamlet.' " — Howe's Life. Shakespeare's name stands first among the players of... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English drama - 1872 - 488 pages
...well-shaped man," which is no slight matter on the stage ; and adds, " He did act exceedingly well." Rowe " could never meet with any further account of him this...way, than that the top of his performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet^ But this part, to be fairly dealt with, requires an actor of no mean powers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1879 - 556 pages
...without any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and, though I have enquired, I could never meet with any further account of him...way, than that the top of his performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet." A late tradition, reported by Capell and Oldys, imports that he played old... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 300 pages
...well-shaped man," which is no slight matter on the stage ; and adds, " He did act exceedingly well." Rowe " could never meet with any further account of him this...way, than that the top of his performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet." But this part, to be fairly dealt with, requires an actor of no mean powers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 304 pages
...well-shaped man," which is no slight matter on the stage ; and adds, " He did act exceedingly well." Rowe " could never meet with any further account of him this...way, than that the top of his performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet." But this part, to be fairly dealt with, requires an acfor of no mean powers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1883 - 596 pages
...man ; " which is no slight matter on the stage ; and adds, — " He did act exceedingly well." Howe " could never meet with any further account of him this way, than that the top of his performim'.e was the Ghost in his own Hamlet." But this part, to be fairly dealt with, requires an... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 972 pages
...man;" which is no slight matter on the stage ; and adds, — " He did act exceedingly well." Rowe " could never meet with any further account of him this way, than that the top of his perfornniir.fi was the Ghost in his own Hamlet," But this part, to be fuirly dealt with, requires an... | |
 | Appleton Morgan, Charlotte Endymion Porter - 1887 - 698 pages
...plays, but without any particular account of what parts he used to play; and though I have inquired, I could never meet with any further account of him...this way than that the top of his performance was the Ghost, in his own Hamlet. I should have been much more pleased to have learned from certain authority... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 596 pages
...without any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play; and, though I have inquired, I could never meet with any further account of him this way, than that the top of hia performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet. I should have been much more pleased to have learned... | |
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His name is printed, as the custom was in those times, amongst those of the other players, before some old plays, but without any particular account of what sort of parts he... 
