 | John Doran - 1854 - 442 pages
...it was ; but her Majesty tore the masks off herself, or rather threatened to do so, as thus : — " We do hereby strictly command that no person, of what quality soever, presume to go behind the scenes, or come upon the stage, either before or during the acting of any piece; that... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1855 - 428 pages
...it was ; but her Majesty tore the masks off herself, or rather threatened to do so, as thus : — " We do hereby strictly command that no person, of what quality soever, presume to go behind the scenes, or come upon the stage either before or during the acting of any piece ; that... | |
 | charles dickens - 1874 - 640 pages
...royal interference, and strictly commanded that " no person of what quality soever should presume to go behind the scenes, or come upon the stage, either before or during the acting of any play ; that no woman should be allowed, or presume to wear, a vizard mask in either of the theatres... | |
 | Dutton Cook - 1876 - 346 pages
...royal interference, and strictly commanded that "no person of what quality soever should presume to go behind the scenes, or come upon the stage, either before or during the acting of any play; that no woman should be allowed, or presume to wear, a vizard mask in either of the theatres... | |
 | Dutton Cook - 1883 - 308 pages
...Queen Anne had issued a special order that no person, of what quality soever, should presume to go behind the scenes or come upon the stage, either before or during the acting of any play, "under penalty of being proceeded against as contemners of our royal authority, and disturbers... | |
 | Ernest Philip Alphonse Law - 1891 - 650 pages
...for the reform of the " indecencies and disorders of the stage," her Majesty arbitrarily commanding " that no person of what quality soever, presume to...before or during the acting of any opera or play," and declaring that those who disobeyed this injunction should be proceeded against as " contemners of our... | |
 | Georgiana Hill - 1896 - 382 pages
...abolishing abuses and indecencies, it was commanded — "that no person of what quality soever presume to go behind the scenes or come upon the stage either before or during the acting of any play ; that no woman be allowed or presume to wear a vizard mask in either of the theatres," f together... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1901 - 366 pages
...great disorders and justly given offence, she commanded that no person of what quality soever should go behind the scenes or come upon the stage, either before or during the acting of any play ; that no woman be allowed to wear a mask in either of the theatres, and finally that no person... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1902 - 404 pages
...therefore is, and We do hereby strictly CommandJjThat no Person of what Quality soever, Presume to go Behind the Scenes, or come upon the Stage, either before, or during the Acting of any Play. That no Woman be Allow'd or Presume to wear a Vizard Mask in either of the Theatres, and that... | |
 | Richard Davey - 1906 - 718 pages
...of the stage, which have occasioned great disorders and justly given offence, our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby strictly command, that no person of what quality soever presume to go behind the scenes, or come upon the stage either before or during the acting of any play : that... | |
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