ISBN: 9781458980434

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. Peg Woffington and Garrick keep House--Old Colley Cibber--Drinking tea at Peggy''s Rooms--Fielding, Quin, Mrs. Porter, Foote, Johnson, and Macklin--The Woffington and Garrick Part--Polly Woffington, Lord Tyrawley''s Amour--George Anne Bellamy--Acting in a Barn--Captain Cholmondeley''s Marriage--Violette the Dancer--Her Love for Garrick--Marriage--Peg Woffington goes to Covent Garden--Her Dublin Engagement. On their return from Dublin, Peg Woffington and Garrick kept house together in Bow Street, when it was agreed between them that they should alternately defray the monthly expenses. Here they entertained the first wits of the day, and it soon became a standing joke that a more hospitable board was always spread before their visitors on the month when it was Peggy''s turn to pay the reckoning. What illustrious men and women, whose names are now as household words in our mouths, assembled in her rooms; what wit and repartee were exchanged round her board! Here came Samuel Foote, the prince of wits, the most perfect of mimics, whom Garrick feared in secret, and conciliated in public; and burly figured Samuel Johnson, now a writer for the Gentleman s Magazine, who likewise feared Foote, but chuckled heartily over the jokes he made at Davy''s expense; and Charles Macklin, who had always an excellent story to tell, and told it with the humour native to his race; and Mrs. Porter, who had played to Queen Anne, and who now delighted in meeting the young generation of players who were carrying the town before them; and Henry Fielding, who just at this time had produced his comedy'' The Wedding Day,'' with but little success. And likewise came Dr. John Hoadly (son of the right reverend bishop), a chaplain in the household of the Prince of Wales, and, as became... Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy, Books, History, Life And Adventures Of Peg Woffington, With Pictures Of The Period In Which She Lived Volume 1 Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Published by: Hurst in 1884 in 327 pages; Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Literary Criticism / Drama; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism;<

ISBN: 9781458980434

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. Peg Woffington and Garrick keep House--Old Colley Cibber--Drinking tea at Peggy''s Rooms--Fielding, Quin, Mrs. Porter, Foote, Johnson, and Macklin--The Woffington and Garrick Part--Polly Woffington, Lord Tyrawley''s Amour--George Anne Bellamy--Acting in a Barn--Captain Cholmondeley''s Marriage--Violette the Dancer--Her Love for Garrick--Marriage--Peg Woffington goes to Covent Garden--Her Dublin Engagement. On their return from Dublin, Peg Woffington and Garrick kept house together in Bow Street, when it was agreed between them that they should alternately defray the monthly expenses. Here they entertained the first wits of the day, and it soon became a standing joke that a more hospitable board was always spread before their visitors on the month when it was Peggy''s turn to pay the reckoning. What illustrious men and women, whose names are now as household words in our mouths, assembled in her rooms; what wit and repartee were exchanged round her board! Here came Samuel Foote, the prince of wits, the most perfect of mimics, whom Garrick feared in secret, and conciliated in public; and burly figured Samuel Johnson, now a writer for the Gentleman s Magazine, who likewise feared Foote, but chuckled heartily over the jokes he made at Davy''s expense; and Charles Macklin, who had always an excellent story to tell, and told it with the humour native to his race; and Mrs. Porter, who had played to Queen Anne, and who now delighted in meeting the young generation of players who were carrying the town before them; and Henry Fielding, who just at this time had produced his comedy'' The Wedding Day,'' with but little success. And likewise came Dr. John Hoadly (son of the right reverend bishop), a chaplain in the household of the Prince of Wales, and, as became... Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy, Books, History, Life And Adventures Of Peg Woffington, With Pictures Of The Period In Which She Lived Volume 1 Books>History, General Books LLC<