A Group of Comedians (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Group of Comedians Among comedians of the past whose artistic " achievements have conspicuous record in dramatic annals, there is none whose acting won more unqualified approval from the critics and the public than that of Henry Placide. In general, every comedian has his limitations, and it is too much to expect that equal excellence will attend every impersonation. We know that there are times when the comedian seems to have ill chosen his part, or that the part is not suited to his gifts, we perceive that our favorite is a little out of his element, the conviction is brought home to us that there is a lack of affinity here, or the simulation is faulty, or perhaps it is that the acting is perfunctory, owing to lack of interest-at all events, whatever the cause, we are disappointed, and we are likely to recall certain other delineations of the comedian in which no such shortcomings could be detected. This is only another way of hinting that though Bottom could discharge Pyra-mus, he might not with equal felicity have discharged Thisbe and the Lion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.