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...works. There were the “Ordonnance of Philip le Bel on Single Combat”; the “Theatre of Honor,” by Favyn, and a treatise “On the Permission of Duels,” b... ... decent, but rather elabo- rate diddle, of which our own city was made the theatre, not very long ago, and which was subsequently repeated with suc- c... ... discourse. Next evening found me a somewhat late visitor at the Rantipole theatre, where I felt sure of satisfying my curiosity at once, by merely st... ...ive hundred. Mem—must get rid of Bag—no system at all. “Jan. 3—Went to the theatre, to look for Gruff. Saw him sit- ting in a side box, in the second ...

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...s, and tor- tured him intimately by the spectacle of its horrors. It was a theatre, it was a place of education, it was like a season of religious rev... ...ll positive qualities, even those which are disreputable, in the capacious theatre of their dispositions. Such can live many lives; while a Thoreau ca... ...e housetop.” So Kusakabe, from the highlands of Satzuma, passed out of the theatre of this world. His death was like an antique worthy’s. A little aft... ... as we are accustomed to hear only on the stress of actual life, or in the theatre. In history – where we see things as in a glass darkly, and the fas... ...f his wife or skulking from a bailiff, he would equally take refuge in the theatre. There, if the house be full and the company noble, if the songs be... ...uch of penitence stronger than what might lead him to take his wife to the theatre, or for an airing, or to give her a new dress, by way of compensati...

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...nd entertainment, at which the celebrated Madame Amenaide, a dancer of the theatre at Paris, was to perform, under the patronage of several English an... ...ll street than a bridge;”—of Bankside, and the “Globe” and the “For- tune” Theatres; of the ferries across the river, and of the pi- rates who infest ...

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...The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on directing the play as a tragedy...

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...m; faithful for long to the same restaurant, the same church, and the same theatre, chosen simply for propinquity; stead- fastly refusing to dine out.... ...ith words and for a while inhabit a palace of delights, temple at once and theatre, where they fill the round of the world’s dignities, and feast with... ...ny real existence; and come forth again when the talk is over, as out of a theatre or a dream, to find the east wind still blowing and the chimney-pot... ... revivals, for he had successfully pressed on Murray, of the old Edinburgh Theatre, the idea of produc- ing Shakespeare’s fairy pieces with great scen... ...hat. In the Leith Walk window, all the year round, there stood displayed a theatre in working order, with a “forest set,” a “combat,” and a few “robbe... ...oor penny world; but soon it was all coloured with romance. If I go to the theatre to see a good old melodrama, ’tis but Skelt a little faded. If I vi... ...mes; acquired a gallery of scenes and characters with which, in the silent theatre of the brain, I might enact all novels and romances; and took from ... ...th such material as this it is impossible to build a play, for the serious theatre exists solely on moral grounds, and is a standing proof of the diss... ...e peculiarity of our attitude to any art. No art produces illusion; in the theatre we never forget that we are in the theatre; and while we read a sto...

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...t, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities — politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business — he finds more hypocrisy and corruption than he thought possible. He takes refuge with a group of bohemians, who meet in a red dining room in Berns Salonger to discuss these matters. (Intr...

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...ess; he would not be known as a denouncer of dancing or of card-tables, of theatres or of novel-reading; he would take the world around him, as he fou... ...at a loss for the luxuries which small sums purchase. Cabs, dinners, wine, theatres, and new gloves are always at the command of men who are drowned i...

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...over those who were obliged to look abroad for amusement, to society and the theatre, that my life itself was become my amusement and never ceased to ...

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...Shops overflowing with goodies, food plentiful and varied, restaurants of every persuasion opening their doors to an increasingly adventurous public; theatres full, film studios on a roll, television had taken off, and best of all, war had exposed religious dogma to rational scrutiny. A god that allowed such a bloodbath was not a god to be followed. The blinkers of faith...

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...are displayed not only on television, but also on the Internet, in movie theatres, and on the radio, and are vital to getting the new message acros... ...ld be a subtext that conveys a message of unity. Today, when we leave the theatre or shut off the DVD, we are usually left with a sense of ad- mirat...

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...ers in a lava field As empty as a desert on the moon. I am not speaking in a theatre, But in a room so real and so familiar That sometimes I would wre...

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...se of the spirit being in her, and all the while she laughed, as at a vile theatre whereof the imperfection of the stage machinery rather than the per... ...n of a racy anecdote. What interest could he possibly take in the Athenian Theatre and the girl whose flute-playing behind the scenes, imitating the n... ...nt of the dictionary of classical mythology in the En- glish tongue.” “The Theatre is a matter of climate, sir. You will grant me that.” “If quick wit... ...s, I verily believe we are the most beaten dogs in existence. You like the theatre?” “Ours?” “Acting, then.” “Good acting, of course.” “May I venture ...

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...into the Strand. He had been to take a box for Armida at Madame V estris’s theatre. That little Armida was folle of Madame V estris’s theatre; and her... ...nights in the week at least, in the narrow, charming, comfort- able little theatre. Godfrey had the box. He was strolling, list- lessly, eastward; and... ...by the august approach. It was indeed the Emperor, who, returning from the Theatre Francais, and seeing the Marquis’s windows lighted up, pro- posed t... ...or materi- als for original comedies such as those lately produced at your theatre; and, in the course of my studies, I have found some- thing, my dea... ... a witless version of his adventures had been pro- duced at the Princess’s theatre, “without with your leaf or by your leaf,” as he expressed it. “Has... ... a fit of the gout kept him in bed. The capital was entirely tranquil. The theatres and cafes were open as usual, and the masked balls attended with g... ...y might go to the deuce. This the unfortunate creatures certainly did. The theatres went on as usual within the walls. The Journal des Debats stated e... ...he knew a trick worth two of that,” and resolved to abide by his bags. The theatres and cafes remained open as usual: the funds rose three centimes. T... ... frivolous Parisians were, in the meanwhile, amusing them- selves at their theatres and cafes as usual; and a new piece, in which Arnal performed, was...

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...enighted foreigners. Those of them who did not think it wrong to go to the theatre liked above every- thing a play in which the hero was called Dick; ... ...en. I should like to have Rejjy for every day, and Sinjon for concerts and theatres and going out in the evenings, and some great austere saint for ab... ...the people who believe in it, and whose chief amusement it is to go to the theatres where it is laughed at. Soames: youre a Communist, arnt you? SOAME...

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...ing, public games, or other assemblages for purposes of diver sion, and the theatre. There are still in this country large bodies of persons by whos...