Their Majesties' Servants Volume 1: Annals of the English Stage

By: Doran, John

The period of the origin of the drama is an unsettled question, but it has been fixed at an early date, if we may accept the theory of a recent writer, who suggests that Moses described the Creation from a visionary pictorial representation, which occupied seven days from the commencement to the close of the spectacle Among the most remote of the Chinese traditions, the theatre holds a conspicuous place. In Cochin-China there is at this day a most primitive character about actors, au-thors, and audience. The governor of the district enjoys the least rude seat in the sylvan theatre; he directs the ap-plause by tapping with his fingers on a little drum, and as at this signal his secretaries fling strings full of cash on to the stage, the performance suffers from continual inter-ruption.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08RR9KRPH
• ISBN13: 9798588809443
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"