A History of Pantomime by R. J. Broadbent
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Pantomimes--The prejudice against Pantomimes--Booth's
counsel CHAPTER XV. John Rich and his Pantomimes--Rich's Miming--Garrick, Walpole, Foote--Anecdotes of Rich--Pope--The dance of internals in "Harlequin Sorcerer"--Drury Lane--Colley Cibber--Henry Fielding, the Novelist--Contemporary Writers' opinion of Pantomime--Woodward, the Harlequin--The meaning of the word Actor--Harlequins--"Dr. Faustus," a description--William Rufus Chetwood--Accidents--Vandermere, the Harlequin--"Orpheus and Eurydice" at Covent Garden--A description--Sam. Hoole, the machinist--Prejudice against Pantomime--Mrs. Oldfield--Robert Wilks--Macklin--Riot at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre--Death of Rich CHAPTER XVI. Joseph Grimaldi CHAPTER XVII. Plots of the old form of Pantomimes--A description of "Harlequin and the Ogress; or the Sleeping Beauty of the Wood," produced at Covent Garden--Grimaldi, |
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