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Search : PETER MAILLAND PLAY

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Reminiscences of Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1896
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

A canary sang with all his might, and a kitten played toand fro.

When the committee handed him the he said: thisislike bag, "Why, a play.

How " " is it with you now, Robert Browning, maker of plays ?

The dialogues of the play are mostly in and the and inheroics.

In our modern-life plays the stifantiqueness of heroic verse is unendurable.

Walt Whitman: The Man

  • Date: 1896
  • Creator(s): Thomas Donaldson
Text:

his &Yest; but as to Bacon head, ; and Shaks- peare, admitting Shakspeare wrote the there is else plays

WHITMAN, LXIX. ofthe he Impotent Pieces Game Plays Upon the Chequer-board ofNights and Days : Hither

D. and Peters, Firestone, O. G.

Peters, all of Columbus, O. for their kindness in thematter of the buggy. 328MICKLE STREET, CAMDEN, N.J

When Peter asks thee of thy crimes, You answer not with clearness, Shrieking fiends with shame willyell

Reminiscences of Walt Whitman: Memories, Letters, Etc.

  • Date: 1896
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

A canary sang with all his might, and a kitten played to and fro.

young friend Horace Traubel and another, we all fell to discussing the authorship of the Shakspere plays

them the force of a projectile), had not only shaken his belief in the Shaksperean authorship of the plays

When the committee handed him the bag, he said: "Why, this is like a play.

facing the golden sunset, with the cool evening breeze blowing around us, and the summer lightning playing

A Day with the Good Gray Poet

  • Date: 1895
  • Creator(s): Theodore F. Wolfe
Text:

to receive merely a friendly nod, for he stops to speak with none save the children who leave their play

Conversations with Walt Whitman: My First Visit

  • Date: 1895
  • Creator(s): Sadakichi Hartmann
Text:

contemplated a special study of Shakespeare's fools (though I was rather too tall for them, they should be played

He spoke of a German street band that now and then played in the neighborhood, "very well."

Later during the afternoon his little son asked me to play with him: we rambled over the ground, climbed

Walt Whitman: A Study

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): John Addington Symonds
Text:

it in the edition of 1856. publishing enlarged It must be inserted here,for the part this letter played

This played propagation spirit was somewhat grotesquely exhibited in his table-talk at a banquet held

His lofty and vigorous nature lent itself to the of this which would have playing part, been unbearable

During my darkest hours, itcomforted me with inthe the conviction that I too played my part illimitable

take that he the section. it recognised right and the of " native moments " in that necessity free play

In RE Walt Whitman: Walt Whitman at Date

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
Text:

expansive life—a life which, while careless of sub- tleties, has turned unfailing reverence upon the play

In RE Walt Whitman: Round Table with Walt Whitman

  • Date: 1893
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
Text:

rivulets and bigger streams of literature—there is a splendid lesson that such notes as there is in the play

At the end of that interesting play, which I have seen, a great fellow who is in pursuit of it comes

Who will play his part for him? And Hawthorne—wasn't he expected?

How strange that Shelley and "Leaves of Grass" should play upon him together!

Whitman .—[ To Traubel ].— Did he suppose we intended that he should be left out of the play?

Complete Prose Works

  • Date: 1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

What Lurks Behind Shakspere's Historical Plays?

Austin as Ariel, and Peter Richings as Caliban.

The vocal play and significance moves one more than books.

All work seem'd play to him.

Not for nothing does evil play its part among us.

Walt Whitman in Boston

  • Date: August 1892
  • Creator(s): Sylvester Baxter
Text:

having one of the young men of the Herald counting-room, who lived in the house, come to his room and play

The piece was "Romeo and Juliet," and Rossi played his part with much ardor, as well as delicacy.

I believe Joaquin Miller's play, "The Danites," was having a run in Boston at the time, and that was

Boyle O'Reilly spoke of the play which he had in mind, part of whose scenes were to be in Australia.

Frank Cowan to Walt Whitman, 17 February 1892

  • Date: February 17, 1892
  • Creator(s): Frank Cowan
Annotations Text:

Cowan is quoting lines spoken by the character of Bottom from William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer

Review of Leaves of Grass (1891–92)

  • Date: 1892
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

Nature plays "for Seasons, not Eternities," as must "All those whose stake is nothing more than dust;

James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 5 December 1891

  • Date: December 5, 1891
  • Creator(s): James W. Wallace
Annotations Text:

He was the author of numerous plays, sonnets, and narrative poems.

John H. Johnston to Walt Whitman, 30 November 1891

  • Date: November 30, 1891
  • Creator(s): John H. Johnston
Text:

Giacosa —the Shakspear of Italy—whose Play on Wed. night at the Standard Theater Sarah Bernhard Bernhardt

Annotations Text:

The French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923) starred in stage productions of popular French plays in

She had roles in plays by Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas and played males roles, including Shakespeare's

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 21 November 1891

  • Date: November 21, 1891
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 18 November 1891

  • Date: November 18, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

Note-book (Boston: Houghton & Mifflin, 1886), which argued that Sir Francis Bacon had written the plays

writer, pseudo-scientist and Shakespeare critic, who argued that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays

A favorite theory was that Francis Bacon, the English philosopher, actually wrote the plays and left

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 14 November 1891

  • Date: November 14, 1891
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

Shakespeare and Francis Bacon here, he is referencing the Baconian theory—the idea that Shakespeare's plays

Baconian theorist, who authored Hamlet's Note-book, in which he argued that Bacon had authored the play

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 12–14 November 1891

  • Date: November 12–14, 1891; November 13, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown
Text:

Ignatius Donnelly will lecture on "The Authorship of Shakespeare's Plays" at the Academy of Music, on

Annotations Text:

for his notions of Atlantis as an antediluvian civilization and for his belief that Shakespeare's plays

Bacon, an idea he argued in his book The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 10 November 1891

  • Date: November 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 7–8 November 1891

  • Date: November 7–8, 1891; November 6, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown
Annotations Text:

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

Personal Memories of Walt Whitman

  • Date: November 1891
  • Creator(s): Alma Calder Johnston
Text:

glad I could manage to brew some tea, and equally delighted to make the old, slow, quizzical smile play

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 29 October 1891

  • Date: October 29, 1891
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

He was the author of numerous plays (including Richard III and Henry VIII), sonnets, and narrative poems

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 27 October 1891

  • Date: October 27, 1891
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

for his notions of Atlantis as an antediluvian civilization and for his belief that Shakespeare's plays

Bacon, an idea he argued in his book The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde, 26 October 1891

  • Date: October 26, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

see me, bro't brought a big bunch of fall wild flowers—the big stout Dutch woman is out in front playing

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 24 October 1891

  • Date: October 24, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

The wooden pillow had "the feathers the wrong way up": the tapping & pounding was "playing the piano

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 17 October 1891

  • Date: October 17, 1891
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

He was the author of numerous plays, sonnets, and narrative poems.

Henry VIII is one of Shakespeare's history plays, based on the life of Henry VIII, who was the King of

Shakepeare's play was published in the First Folio of 1623.

James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 4 October 1891

  • Date: October 4, 1891
  • Creator(s): James W. Wallace
Text:

—I liked too to get out into the "bush"—chipmunks calling & playing about me—one little fellow descending

a tree in front of me & playing about for fully 5 minutes before running off amid the rustling leaves

Hannah Whitman Heyde to Walt Whitman, 22 September [1891]

  • Date: September 22, [1891]
  • Creator(s): Hannah Whitman Heyde
Annotations Text:

Walt's favorite brother, Jeff played the piano and had a lively sense of humor.

James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 21 September 1891

  • Date: September 21, 1891
  • Creator(s): James W. Wallace
Annotations Text:

Helena Modjeska (1840–1909) was a well-known Polish actress, particularly famous for playing Shakespearean

James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 20 September 1891

  • Date: September 20, 1891
  • Creator(s): James W. Wallace
Text:

Outside, the sky perfectly clear & cloudless, the fountain playing, the trees across the open space,

—Evening spent in the house—chiefly in learning & playing "Pedro" with Willie & his friends.

Good-Bye My Fancy

  • Date: 12 September 1891
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

and Fanny Kemble in Fazio, "a rapid-running, yet heavy-timber'd, tremendous, wrenching, passionate play

James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 11 September 1891

  • Date: September 11, 1891
  • Creator(s): James W. Wallace
Text:

As we approached along the avenue a band struck up, playing by lamplight, the new moon shining over head

Everyone manifestly glad to see him back—talk & laughter, band playing all the time—now "Home, Sweet

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 11 September 1891

  • Date: September 11, 1891
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

The Asylum band was out in front of the house and they played quite a while to welcome me home.

"Good-Bye, my Fancy!"

  • Date: 5 September 1891
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

Fanny Kemble (1809-1893) was a popular English actress and author of plays, poems, and memoirs concerning

Annotations Text:

.; Fanny Kemble (1809-1893) was a popular English actress and author of plays, poems, and memoirs concerning

Horace L. Traubel to Walt Whitman, 10 June 1891

  • Date: June 10, 1891
  • Creator(s): Horace L. Traubel
Annotations Text:

King Edward VII, Gordon-Cumming was confronted and pressured to sign a document that he would not play

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 3 June 1891

  • Date: June 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

The birds sang & twittered joyously in the swaying & rustling trees overhead & a gentle breeze played

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 23 May 1891

  • Date: May 23, 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Whitman is referring to King Lear, the titular character of William Shakespeare's play King Lear (1606

In the play, Lear abdicates his throne and loses his former glory, becoming insane and impoverished.

Harry Buxton Forman to Walt Whitman, 7 May 1891

  • Date: May 7, 1891
  • Creator(s): Harry Buxton Forman
Annotations Text:

The play was given its first performance on May 7, 1886, in the Grand Theatre, Islington, London, by

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 6 May 1891

  • Date: May 6, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

childhood & it was with a swelling heart that I again looked upon the dear old spots where we used to play

Raymond Blathwayt to Walt Whitman, 17 April 1891

  • Date: April 17, 1891
  • Creator(s): Raymond Blathwayt
Annotations Text:

He was also a very successful dramatist; he wrote numerous plays that became West End and Broadway productions

James W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 3 April 1891

  • Date: April 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): James W. Wallace
Annotations Text:

is referencing Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's play

Mary A. Jordan to Walt Whitman, 8 March 1891

  • Date: March 8, 1891
  • Creator(s): Mary A. Jordan
Text:

Probably you do not, nor that you used to be very good to them, playing "tag" and marbles with them—now

Margrave Kenyon to Walt Whitman, 22 February 1891

  • Date: February 22, 1891
  • Creator(s): Margrave Kenyon
Text:

powers far greater than Irving's, if you can see special merit & a new great teaching in the Norse play

As publishers do not care to buy the play, I cannot get into public notice.

Annotations Text:

The full name of this play is Madansema, Slave of Love; re Tolstoi, a counter-song to anti-marriage,

Clara Jecks (1854–1951) was an English actress and singer who often played the roles of either young

Helena Modjeska (1840–1909) was a well-known Polish actress, particularly famous for playing Shakespearean

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 19 January 1891

  • Date: January 19, 1891
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Annotations Text:

He was the author of numerous plays, sonnets, and narrative poems.

Dr. John Johnston to Walt Whitman, 3 January 1891

  • Date: January 3, 1891
  • Creator(s): Dr. John Johnston
Text:

thousands on the Town Hall Square—the great central open space in the town—to listen to the band which plays

midnight & upon the last stroke of 12 everybody wishes everybody else a "Happy New Year," the band then playing

Proud Music of the Storm.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

and strength, all hues we know, Green blades of grass and warbling birds, children that gambol and play

all the rest, maternity of all the rest, And with it every instrument in multitudes, The players playing

The Sleepers.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I am a dance—play up there! the fit is whirling me fast!

Assurances.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

limitless, in vain I try to think how limitless, I do not doubt that the orbs and the systems of orbs play

Thought.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

AS I sit with others at a great feast, suddenly while the music is playing, To my mind, (whence it comes

My Canary Bird.

  • Date: 1891–1892
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

count great, O soul, to penetrate the themes of mighty books, Absorbing deep and full from thoughts, plays

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