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" This reflection moved me to design some characters which should appear ridiculous not so much through a natural folly (which is incorrigible, and therefore not proper for the stage) as through an affected wit: a wit which, at the same time that it is... "
The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar - Página 254
por William Wycherley - 1875 - 668 páginas
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The Way of the World: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincolns ...

William Congreve - 1706 - 86 páginas
...This Refle&ion mov'd me to defign fomc Charafters, which fliould appear ridiculous not fomuch thro' a natural Folly (which is incorrigible, and therefore not: proper for the Stage) as thro' an aftedcd Wit > a Wit, which at the fame time that it is affc&ed, is alfo falfe. As there is...
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The mourning bride. The way of the world. The judgment of Paris. Semele ...

William Congreve - 1774 - 438 páginas
...Compaffion. This Reflection moved me to defign fome Characters, which mould appear ridiculous, not fo much through a natural Folly (which is incorrigible,...Stage) as through an affected Wit ; a Wit, which at the fame time that it is affected, is alfo falfe. As there is fome Difficulty in the Formation of a Character...
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays

John Bell - 1777 - 456 páginas
..."•- Tim This reflection moved me to defign fome characters, which fliould appear ridiculous, not fo much through a natural folly (which is incorrigible, and therefore not proper for the ftage) as through an affected wit; a wit, which, at the fame time that it is affected, is alfo falfe....
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Observations on our principal dramatic authors. The school for husbands, a ...

James Mason - 1809 - 566 páginas
...rather disturb than divert the well-natured and reflecting part of an audience; they are rather the objects of charity than contempt, and instead of moving...mirth, they ought very often to excite our compassion." He should have added, that the characters should be natural and usual, as well as fit objects of ridicule....
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Biographia Borealis: Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns

Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 páginas
...audience: they are rather objects of charity than contempt, and instead of moving oar mirth, they onght very often to excite our compassion. This reflection moved me to design some characters which should seem ridiculous, not so much through a detract more from scenic illusion than they add to histrionic...
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The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire;: Being Lives of the Most ...

Hartley Coleridge - 1836 - 774 páginas
...should rather disturb than divert the well-uatnred and reflective part of an audience: they are rather objects of charity than contempt, and instead of moving...reflection moved me to design some characters which should seem ridiculous, not so much through a detract more from scenic illusion than they add to histrionic...
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The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar, Volumen2

William Wycherley, Leigh Hunt - 1840 - 782 páginas
...should ruthcr disturb than divert the well-natured and reflecting part of an audience ; they are r objects of charity than contempt ; and instead of...moving our mirth, they ought very often to excite our compa*£i &•' This reflection moved me to design some characters which should appear ridiculous,...
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A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne, Volumen2

Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1875 - 694 páginas
...fools of ordinary comedy, who ' instead of moving our mirth ought very often to excite our compassion,' to 'design some characters which should appear ridiculous,...wit which at the same time that it is affected, is also false.' The difficulty, as he says, is that hasty judges will often take false wit for true, and...
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The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar

William Wycherley - 1875 - 770 páginas
...rather disturb than divert the well-natured and reflecting part of an audience ; they arc rather objecte erley ao much through a natural folly (which is incorrigible, and therefore not proper for the stage) аз...
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Lectures on the English humourists of the eighteenth century: Mit ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 páginas
...should rather disturb than divert the well-natured and reflecting part of an audience; they are rather objects of charity than contempt; and instead of moving...wit, which at the same time that it is affected, is also false'. Das bezieht sich auf Witwoud, von dem schon die Rede war. Ward (587) macht darauf aufmerksam,...
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