 each side: this extraordinary and superfluous space occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every actor, that generally what they said sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or swelling...  London, by David Hughson - Page 328by Edward Pugh - 1807Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 650 pages
...front of the stage ; the front boxes were continued a semi-circle to the bare walls of the house on each side : this extraordinary and superfluous space...occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every performer, that, generally, what they said sounded like the gabbling of many persons in the lofly aisles... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1843 - 442 pages
...gilded cornices, and immoderately high roof, scarce one word in ten could be distinctly heard. The extraordinary and superfluous space occasioned such...lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or the swell of a musical voice, might be sweetened by it; but the articulate sounds of a speaking voice... | |
 | Child rearing - 1847 - 368 pages
...scarcely one word in ten could be heard. " The extraordinary and superfluous space," says Cibber, " occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every...lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or the swell of a singer's holding note, 'tis true, might be sweetened by it ; but the articulate sounds... | |
 | Joseph Curtis Platt, George Lillie Craik - London (England) - 1851 - 868 pages
...gilded cornices, and immoderately high roof, scarce one word in ten could be distinctly heard. The extraordinary and superfluous space occasioned such...lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or the swell of a musical voice, might be sweetened by it; but the articulate sounds of a speaking voice... | |
 | John Palmer - English drama - 1913 - 366 pages
...and opened in 1705. It was indeed a " stately " theatre—so stately that the voices of the actors " sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty aisles in a cathedral." In vain did Vanbrugh put forward the best adaptation of his life, The Confederacy.... | |
 | John Palmer - English drama - 1913 - 354 pages
...and opened in 1705. It was indeed a " stately " theatre—so stately that the voices of the actors "sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty aisles in a cathedral." In vain did Vanbrugh put forward the best adaptation of his life, The Confederacy.... | |
 | George Clinton Densmore Odell - Theater - 1920 - 546 pages
...Roofs avail, when scarce one Word in ten could be distinctly heard in it? .... What they [the actors] said, sounded like the Gabbling of so many People in the lofty Isles of a Cathedral." Besides, the situation was at great distance from the theatrical centre, and... | |
 | George Clinton Densmore Odell - Theater - 1920 - 552 pages
...Roofs avail, when scarce one Word in ten could be distinctly heard in it? .... What they [the actors] said, sounded like the Gabbling of so many People in the lofty Isles of a Cathedral." Besides, the situation was at great distance from the theatrical centre, and... | |
 | George Clinton Densmore Odell - Theater - 1920 - 612 pages
...Roofs avail, when scarce one Word in ten could be distinctly heard in it? .... What they [the actors] said, sounded like the Gabbling of so many People in the lofty Isles of a Cathedral." Besides, the situation was at great distance from the theatrical centre, and... | |
 | Sir John Vanbrugh - Historic buildings - 1927 - 296 pages
...failure, for the building was too magnificent to be acoustically sound, and the voices of the actors " sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty aisles in a cathedral." It was very well for " the tone of a trumpet, or the swell of an Eunuch's holding... | |
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