Evidence: | ?Upon the whole, this play with the powerful assistance of eminent actors and scenical illusion and burning palaces, and processions with towers of the Inquisition in perspective and Moors who preach the Gospel to Christians just as they are going to be burnt for not believing it and half mad, half poisoned heroines who visit their lovers in dungeons with wreaths of flowers on their heads, may produce an effect on the stage ? but what effect will it produce in the closet?? |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1817 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Charles Maturin |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1782 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Curate |
Religion: | Christian (Church of England) |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Richard Lalor Sheil |
Title: | The Apostate: a tragedy in five acts |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4101 | |
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Author: | Charles Robert Maturin | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The British Review and London Critical Journal | |
Place of Publication: | n/a | |
Date of Publication: | 1817 (April) | |
Vol: | XVII | |
Page: | 260 | |
Additional comments: | (Evidently) a review article on the publication of Sheil's tragic drama, but gives no publisher, date or place details. |
Citation: | Charles Robert Maturin, The British Review and London Critical Journal (1817 (April)), XVII, p. 260, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4101, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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