...of The Generous Enemies, exhibited at the King's Theatre in 1672 : I cannot choose but laugh, when I look back and see The strange vicissitudes of poetrie....for wit, And sat knee-deep in nutshells in the pit : Coarse hangings then, instead of scenes were viorn. And Kidderminster did the stage adorn : But you,...

...The Generous Enemies, exhibited at the King's Theatre in 1672: " I cannot choose but laugh, when I look back and see " The strange vicissitudes of poetrie....wit, <« And sat knee-deep in nutshells in the pit; " Coarse hangings then, instead of scenes were worn, " And Kidderminster did the stage adorn : " But...

...The Generous Enemies, exhibited at the King's Theatre in 1672: ' I cannot choose but laugh, when I look back and see ' The strange vicissitudes of poetrie....for wit, " And sat knee-deep in nutshells in the pit ; ' Coarse hangings then, instead of scenes mere worn, ' And Kidderminster did the stage adorn .•...

...1672: ' I cannot choose but laugh, when I look back and see ' The strange vicissitudes of poetrie. 1 Your aged fathers came to plays for wit, ' And sat knee-deep in nutshells in the pit ; ' Coarse hangings then, instead of scenes were laorn, ' And Kidderminster did the stage adorn : 1...

...The Generous Enemies, exhibited at the King's Theatre in 1672: " I cannot choose but laugh, when I look back and see The strange vicissitudes of poetrie....for wit, And sat knee-deep in nutshells in the pit : Coarse hangings then, instead of scenes were worn, And Kidderminster did the stage adorn: But you,...

...said of J. Corey, who has the following lines in the prologue to his Generous Encnties, 1672:— ' Your aged fathers came to plays for wit, ' And sat knee-deep in nutshells in the pit : ' Coarse hangings then, instead of icenes, were worn, ' And Kidderminster did the stage adorn.' 1607,...

...true magical illusions of his own dramas, with "Enter the Red Coal," and " Exit Hat and Cloak," helped out with "painted cloths;" or, as a bard of Charles...poetrie : Your aged fathers came to plays for wit , Aud sat knee -deep in nut-shells in the pit." But while the public theatre continued long in this...

...magical illusions of his own dramas, with ' Enter the Red Coat,' and ' Exit Hat and Cloak,' helped out with ' painted cloths ;' or, as a bard of Charles the Second's time chants, — tracted state, without scenes, without dresses, without an orchestra, the court displayed scenical...

...illusions of his own dramas, with ' Enter the Red Coal,' and * Exit Hat and Cloak,* helped out wiih 1 painted cloths ;' or, as a bard of Charles the Second's time chants, — But while the public theatre continued long in thia conLook back and see The «ran ere viciesitudea...

...inscribed " The Boar's -head, Eastcheap," "Athens," "The Cave of Prospero," or " The Forest of Arden." " Your aged fathers came to plays for wit, And sat knee-deep in nutshells in the pit ; Coarse hangings then instead of scenes were worn, And Kidderminster did the stage adorn—" exclaims...