 He used to mope about for hours, walking miles and miles alone with his hands in his pockets, thinking intensely on his characters. No one could get a word from him ; he studied and slaved beyond any actor I ever knew.  The Life of Edmund Kean - Page 88de Barry Cornwall - 1835Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1835 - 610 pages
...but we rather suppose the evidence is that of the Miss Chambers who became Mrs. Kean in 1808 : — ' He used to mope about for hours, walking' miles and...word from him. He studied and slaved beyond any actor 1 ever knew.' — vol. ip 89. As a specimen of the acute discrimination and sagacity of the present... | |
 | Frederick William Hawkins - 1869 - 454 pages
...from such a slight. In after years Mrs. Kean, speaking of this period of her husband's life, said, " He used to mope about for hours, walking miles and...studied and slaved beyond any actor I ever knew." And here Mrs. Kean revealed one great secret of his subsequent success. In the month of July, 1808,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1877 - 812 pages
...wholly spontaneous and unstudied ; this is a mistake. A contemporary writing of this period says, " He used to mope about for hours, walking miles and...studied and slaved beyond any actor I ever knew." Neither did he relax his labors, when he had reached the highest pinnacle of fame. It is related of... | |
 | 1878 - 244 pages
...wholly spontaneous and unstudied ; this is a mistake. A contemporary writer of this period says: " He used to mope about for hours, walking miles and...studied and slaved beyond any actor I ever knew." Neither did he relax his labors when he had reached the highest pinnacle of fame. It is related of... | |
 | 1878 - 234 pages
...was wholly spontaneous and unstudied; this is a mistake. A contemporary writer of this period says: " He used to mope about for hours, walking miles and...studied and slaved beyond any actor I ever knew." Neither did he relax his labors when he had reached the highest pinnacle of fame. It is related of... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1878 - 412 pages
...A contemporary writing of his strolling days, says, " He used to mope about for hours, walking for miles and miles alone with his hands in his pockets,...studied and slaved beyond any actor I ever knew." * Coleridge said his acting was reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning. N'or did he relax his... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1888 - 324 pages
...rehearsed ; for even genius must labour to excel. Mrs. Kean was wont in after years to narrate that he " used to mope about for hours, walking miles and...pockets, thinking intensely on his characters. No one," she added, "could get a word from him. He studied and slaved beyond any actor I ever knew." His appearance... | |
 | William Mathews - 1903 - 442 pages
...unstudied. But one who knew him well says that he used to mope about for hours, walking miles and miles, with his hands in his pockets, thinking intensely...a word from him; he studied and slaved beyond any other actor I ever knew." When studying Maturin's " Bertram," he is said to have shut himself up for... | |
 | Jeffrey Kahan - 2006 - 208 pages
...manuscript was a good sign. One actor recorded that, as with the rehearsal of all his parts, "He [Kean] used to mope about for hours, walking miles and miles...he studied and slaved beyond any actor I ever knew. ..."7 Kean did more than simply polish the script. He personally oversaw Grattan's contract details,... | |
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