Mrs. SiddonsRoberts Brothers, 1887 - 268 strani |
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13 WATERLOO PLACE acting actor actress admiration afterwards appearance applause artistic audience Bath beautiful believe brother Campbell tells Cecilia character Charles Kemble Covent Garden daughter dear friend declared delight dress Drury Lane Dublin effect engagement expression Fanny Burney Fanny Kemble fashion father favour feel Garrick genius girl give Guy's Cliff happy hear heard heart honour hope Horace Walpole husband imagine Isabella Jane Shore John Kemble Kemble family Kemble's King Lady Macbeth later letter London look Lord Madam manager MATHILDE BLIND mind Miss mother never night obliged Othello performance person play poor pounds praise Queen Roger Kemble Sarah Sarah Siddons says scene seemed Sheridan Siddons Siddons's sister spite stage story Street suffering theatre theatrical thought tion told town tragedy voice W. H. ALLEN Westbourne Whalley wife wish woman writes wrote young actress
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Stran 149 - When Mrs. Siddons came into the room, there happened to be no chair ready for her, which he observing, said with a smile, "Madam, you who so often occasion a want of seats to other people, will the more easily excuse the want of one yourself.
Stran 119 - It was my custom to study my characters at night, when all the domestic cares and business of the day were over. On the night preceding that in which I was to appear in this part for the first time, I shut myself up, as usual, when all the family were retired, and commenced my study of Lady Macbeth. As the character is very short, I thought I should soon accomplish it.
Stran 29 - On the night preceding that in which I was to appear in this part for the first time, I shut myself up, as usual, when all the family were retired, and commenced my study of Lady Macbeth. As the character is very short, I thought I should soon accomplish it. Being then only twenty years of age, I believed, as many others do believe...
Stran 247 - Ten thousand ties and interests, that impart A second nature to the human heart, And wreathing round it close, like tendrils, climb, Blooming in age, and sanctified by time ! Yes ! at this moment crowd upon my mind Scenes of bright days for ever left behind, Bewildering visions of enraptured youth, When hope and fancy wore the hues of truth, And long-forgotten years, that almost seem The faded traces of a morning dream ! Sweet are those mournful thoughts : for they renew The pleasing sense of all...
Stran 71 - I feared to utter a sound above an audible whisper; but by degrees enthusiasm cheered me into a forgetfulness of my fears, and I unconsciously threw out my voice, which failed not to be heard in the remotes.t part of the house, by a friend who kindly undertook to ascertain the happy circumstance. The countenances, no less than tears and flattering encouragements of my companions, emboldened me more and more ; and the second rehearsal was even more affecting than the first. Mr King, who was then manager,...
Stran 164 - It certainly has some beautiful poetry, but it strikes me that the plot is very lame, and the characters very, very ill-sustained in general, but more particularly the lady, for whom the author had me in his eye. This woman is one of those monsters (I think them) of perfection, who is an angel before her time, and is so entirely resigned to the will of heaven, that (to a very mortal like myself) she appears to be the most provoking piece of still life one ever had the misfortune to meet. Her struggles...
Stran 133 - You must think it strange,' said she, ' to see a person entirely unknown to you intrude in this manner upon your privacy ; but, you must know, I am in a very delicate state of health, and my physician won't let me go to the theatre to see you, so I am to look at you here.
Stran 109 - Square ; the back of it is most effectually in the country, and delightfully pleasant. "God bless you, my dear Mrs. Whalley!' How perfectly do I see you at this moment ; and you, too, my dear friend, for it is impossible to separate your images in my mind. Pray write to me soon, and give me another instance of your unwearied kindness. Adieu !" Another letter to the same friends is worth inserting here, it is so buoyant and affectionate : —
Stran 240 - You are in the right way," she said, " but remember what I say — study, study, study, and do not marry till you are thirty. I remember what it was to be obliged to study at nearly your age with a young family about me. Beware of that: keep your mind on your art, do not remit your study, and you are certain to succeed. I know you are expected at a ball to-night, so I will not detain you, but do not forget my words — study well, and God bless you.
Stran 136 - We found Mrs. Siddons, the actress, there. She is a woman of excellent character, and therefore I am very glad she is thus patronised, since Mrs. Abington,1 and so many frail fair ones, have been thus noticed by the great. She behaved with great propriety ; very calm, modest, quiet, and unaffected. She has a very fine countenance, and her eyes look both intelligent and soft.