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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 3: (search)
: I can truly say I never knew what acting was until I saw her. This must be taken as a proof of the power Miss O'Neil exercised, for Mr. Ticknor had often seen Cooke in Boston, and placed his acting above that of any male actor whom he saw in Europe. He saw Cooke in Shylock nine times in succession, generally leaving the theatCooke in Shylock nine times in succession, generally leaving the theatre after Shylock's last scene. The play was The Gamester. I cried like a school-boy, to the great amusement of the John Bulls who were around me in the pit. All night my dreams did homage to the astonishing powers of this actress, and my first waking imaginations this morning still dwelt on the hysterical laugh when she was carrie, the conversation naturally turned on the stage. Lord Byron asked me what actors I had heard, and, when I told him, imitated to me the manner of Munden, Braham, Cooke, and Kemble, with exactness, as far as I had heard them. Kemble has been ill ever since I arrived, and is now in Scotland, and of course I could not judge of the
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 6: (search)
in Euripides, and the praises of Longinus. His study of the ancient statues struck me in the passage,—when, in his second insanity, he cries out in agony,— Vois-tu d'affreux serpens, de son front s'elancer, Et de leur longs replis te ceindre, et te presser?— he started back into the posture of Laocoon with great effect. Like Demosthenes, he has had difficulties to overcome, and even now at times he cannot conceal an unpleasant lisp; but I have never seen acting, in many respects, like his. Cooke had a more vehement and lofty genius, and Kean has sometimes, perhaps, flashes of eccentric talent; but in an equal elevation of mind, and in dignity and force, Talma, I think, left them all far behind. April 14.—I called this morning on A. W. Schlegel. His history, like his brother Frederick's, is singular and unfortunate. Their father was a man of considerable learning, and a poet whose religious odes and hymns are still read. Augustus, who was his youngest son but one, was sent ear
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 24: (search)
Schlegel's admirable translation. He has universally the reputation of being the best reader in Germany, and certainly I am not at all disposed to gainsay his fame. His reading was admirable in all respects; sometimes very curious and striking to me, because his tones and manner, now and then, gave a small shade of difference to the interpretation of a passage from what I had been accustomed to give it, or hear given to it on the stage. His conception of Falstaff's character was more like Cooke's, and less like Bartley's, than any I recollect; that is, more intellectual, and less jovial, less vulgar; and the conception of the King's character was more violent and angry than I have been used to. Very likely he was right in both cases; certainly he was quite successful in the effect he produced. Mr. Ticknor's habit of reading Shakespeare's Plays, in a similar way, to parties of friends at home, heightened his interest in these interpretations. His own reading was much admired.
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
note, 318 and note, 332, 336, 385. Coleridge, Mrs. S. T., 285, 286. Coleridge, Sara T. (Mrs. Henry N.), 285, 286. Coles, Miss, 29. Coles, Secretary, 29. Colloredo, Count, 484. Common School Journal of Connecticut, 2 note. Conde, Jose Antonio, 187, 197. Confalonieri, Count, Frederigo, 161 and note, 162, 164, 256, 450. Consalvi, Cardinal, 180. Constant, Benjamin, 131, 134, 138, 143, 145, 152. Contrabandists, journey with, from Seville to Lisbon, 241 et seq., 243 note. Cooke, G. F., 53 note, 127, 473. Copleston, Mr., 405. Cordova, visits, 224-228; cathedral-mosque of, 224, 225; hermits of, 226, 227; society in, 227, 228. Correa de Serra, Abbe, 16 and note. Cowper, Countess, 408, 409, 412. Cowper, Earl, 408. Crampton, (Sir) Philip, 420. Cranbourne, Lord, 268. Cranston, G., 277. Craufurd, Mr., 270. Craufurd, Sir J., 270. Craven, Mr., 175. Creighton, Sir, Alexander, 421, 422. Creuzer, G. F., 125. Crillon, Duc de, 255. Cumming, Sir, William, 176.