Author : George Raymond
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ISBN 13 : 9781330831090
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis The Life and Enterprises of Robert William Elliston, Comedian (Classic Reprint) by : George Raymond
Download or read book The Life and Enterprises of Robert William Elliston, Comedian (Classic Reprint) written by George Raymond and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Enterprises of Robert William Elliston, Comedian The mere circumstantial account of an actor's professional career, however celebrated he might have been, would scarcely be deemed a subject of general interest, at this precise moment. The social world is less occupied in the matter of plays, and has less sympathy with players, than in past days, and the drama forms not so distinct and leading a feature in popular enjoyment as it once did. True it is, playhouses are open and frequented; but this is not altogether our question. The drama, in its nobler form, is neither studied nor represented, nor have modern Societies any honours in store for dramatic distinction. How strange and out of date would now appear the expression of Sir Richard Steele: "Nothing makes a man so popular," says he, "as the authorship of a new play;" - few things, in our day, attract so little notice. The slight which attaches to the inventive claim must in equal degree await the ministers of its effects. The graces of the actor are cramped in the shrunken measure of degenerate taste, and he must be content to take only such rewards as an unsupported school of art may offer him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
