 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 518 pages
...your acting plays, and your reading plays. Wit. 1 do not understand that distinction. Book. Why, Sir, your acting play is entirely supported by the merit of the actor ; in which case, it signifies very little whether there be any sense in it or no. Now your reading... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 670 pages
...— " I do not understand that distinction. Bookwright — " Why, Sir, your acting play is en" tirely supported by the merit of the Actor, without " any regard to the Author at all — In this case it sig" nines very little whether there be any sense in it or " no — Now, your reading play is of a... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 672 pages
...your acting plays, and your reading plays." Bookwright—" Why, Sir, your acting play is en" tirely supported by the merit of the Actor, without " any regard to the Author at all—In this case it sig" nines very little whether there be any sense in it or " no—Now, your reading... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1882 - 508 pages
...plays, and your reading plays. WITMORE. I do not understand that distinction. BOOKWEIGHT. Why, sir, your acting play is entirely supported by the merit of the actor ; in which case, it signifies very little whether there be any sense in it or no. Now, your reading... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1882 - 512 pages
...plays, and your reading plays. WlTMORE. I do not understand that distinction. BOOKWEIGHT. Why, sir, your acting play is entirely supported by the merit of the actor ; in which case, it signifies very little whether there be any sense in it or no. Now, 'your reading... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1893 - 278 pages
...your acting plays and your reading plays. Wit. I do not understand that distinction. Book. Why, sir, your acting play is entirely supported by the merit of the actor j in which case, it signifies very little whether there be any sense in it or no. Now, your reading... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1902 - 266 pages
...your acting plays and your reading plays. Wit. I do not understand that distinction. Book. Why, sir, your acting play is entirely supported by the merit of the actor ; in which case, it signifies very little whether there be any sense in it or no. Now, your reading... | |
 | Henry Fielding, William Ernest Henley - 1902 - 340 pages
...plays, and your reading plays. WITMORE. I do not understand that distinction. BOOKWEIGHT. Why, sir, your acting play is entirely supported by the merit of the actor; in which case, it signifies very little whether there be any sense in it or no. Now, your reading play... | |
 | Scott Cutler Shershow - 1995 - 282 pages
...Bookweight also stipulates that "a play which will do for them will not always do for us." As he explains: There are your acting plays and your reading plays....signifies very little whether there be any sense in it or not. Now your reading play is of a different stamp and must have wit and meaning in it. These latter... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - 1927 - 452 pages
...Bookweight speaks of "your acting Plays and your reading Plays," and proceeds to explain: "Why, Sir, your acting Play is entirely supported by the Merit of the Actor ; in which case it signifies very little whether there be any Sense in it or no. Now your reading Play... | |
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Why, sir, your acting play is entirely supported by the merit of the actor; in which case, it signifies very little whether there be any sense in it or no. Now, your reading play is of a different stamp, and must have wit and meaning in it. 