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Search : PETER MAILLAND PLAY

1584 results

Walt Whitman's Home

  • Date: 29 April 1890
  • Creator(s): Anonymous | Fred C. Dayton
Text:

Outside the sun shone, the birds sang, and the boys played.

Walt Whitman's Complete Volume

  • Date: 12 August 1882
  • Creator(s): Gordon, T. Francis
Text:

Love's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O my Love's like a melodie That's sweetly played

Walt Whitman's Advice to the State Scholars

  • Date: February 1888
  • Creator(s): Cessator
Text:

characters are individualistic; they let out what they have in them; they give themselves full sweep and play

Walt Whitman's “Song Of Myself”

  • Date: 1989
  • Creator(s): Miller, Edwin Haviland
Text:

I play not a march for victors only .... I play great marches for conquered and slain persons.

Miller (1968, 21): The scene is played out in regressive sexual imagery.

What part do I have to play?

What will he, she, or they do in this or that event, what role am I to play?

Press, 1981. 168 BIBLIOGRAPHY Peters, Robert L.

Walt Whitman, Where the Future Becomes Present

  • Date: 2008
  • Creator(s): Blake, David Haven | Robertson, Michael
Text:

Dissolving a national literature in the fluid play of genres,lyricandepicmergehereintoasea-bornetradition

1990),296,280. 5.Walcott’sfascinationwiththeOdysseyisevidentnotonlyinOmerosbutevenmoreclearlyin his play

newgreatmasters”—or,moreprecisely,this call for a call—so much as to situate his poetry within the play

its part and passing on, Another generation playing its part and passing on in its turn, With faces

{ kirsten silva gruesz } “dim” of the bus station; the fierce current of economic opportunity they play

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, John Burroughs, and Richard Maurice Bucke, 30 August 1887

  • Date: August 30, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Davidson's review of Ignatius Donnelly's The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

, which argued that Shakespeare's plays had been written by Francis Bacon.

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 5–6 January 1889

  • Date: January 5–6, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a Russian realist writer of novels, plays, short stories and

Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti, 30 January 1872

  • Date: January 30, 1872
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I saw in a newspaper that he was writing a play.

Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti, 26 January 1876

  • Date: January 26, 1876
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I have seen Peter Bayne's piece —have also seen the friendly & glowing article of Arthur Clive in the

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, September (?) 1866

  • Date: September (?) 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

enervation, and producing depression and enervation as their result;—or else that class of poetry, plays

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 9 December 1883

  • Date: December 9, 1883
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Camden N J Dec 9 '83 A young workingman & engineer, Edward Doyle, (brother of my dear friend Peter D.

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 6 January 1865

  • Date: January 6, 1865
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Little California is playing around me as I finish, & has been for half an hour.

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 29 September 1884

  • Date: September 29, 1884
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

"What Lurks Behind Shakspeare's Historical Plays?"

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 26 May 1886

  • Date: May 26, 1886
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Hamlet's Note-book (1886), which argued that Sir Francis Bacon had written the plays attributed to Shakespeare

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 18 March 1889

  • Date: March 18, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

capital investors — N[elly]'s card came this mn'g—I am easier to-day—Hope the cold in the head is "petering

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 15 September [1867]

  • Date: September 15, 1867
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Ada Clare is an actress—has lately been playing at Memphis, Tenn—is now about playing at Albany—Clapp

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 11 September 1864

  • Date: September 11, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

ruins)—it was one of those places where the air is full of the scent of low thievery, druggies, foul play

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 11 July 1888

  • Date: July 11, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

book" in England (probably The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in the So-Called Shakespeare Plays

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor (for Moncure D. Conway), [10 November 1867]

  • Date: November 10, 1867
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Instead of that, the Book is the product of the largest universal law & play of things, & of that sense

Walt Whitman to Thomas P. Sawyer, August 1863

  • Date: August 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Well, Tom, it looks as though secesh was nearly played out—if they lose Charleston, as I believe they

Walt Whitman to the editors of the New York Critic, [?] November 1888

  • Date: November [?], 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 9 October 1848

  • Date: October 9, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

William Macready (1793–1873) was a British stage actor, who played Shakespearean roles, including Richard

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 9 December 1848

  • Date: December 9, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The play and performances generally were well sustained.....Exhibitions of various kinds—pictures and

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 4 October 1848

  • Date: October 4, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

William Macready (1793–1873) was a British stage actor, who played Shakespearean roles, including Richard

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 30 July 1848

  • Date: July 30, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Claude Melnotte is a character in the play The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride, which was written by

The play was first performed in London's Convent Garden Theatre in the late-1830s, and it became the

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 28 October 1848

  • Date: October 28, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

beauty of the latter place, this fine autumn weather, is the fountain, which they are now allowing to play

the place, who used to count upon walking there during the intermissions, as much as on seeing the play

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 26 September 1848

  • Date: September 26, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Forrest played all last week at the Broadway to crowded and applauding houses. Mr.

He is very popular, and really plays better than any Irish comedian at present among us.

Barrett, who will probably play together.

Whichever house they don't play in should forthwith checkmate them by engaging Charlotte Cushman, who

Annotations Text:

Chanfrau (1824–1884) was an actor and theatre manager who, in 1848, played the part of the Bowery b'hoy

Mose in Benjamin Baker's (1818–1890) hit play A Glance at New York in 1848.

an English actor who gained renown throughout New York for his portrayal of Jemmy Twitcher in the play

He played an "English pickpocket" and his performance was considered a "unique and laughable personation

By 1845, Sefton had played Jemmy Twitcher 360 times in New York City.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 25 November 1848

  • Date: November 25, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I should not be much surprised if a dash of Lynch law were to come in play, then, unless the police muster

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 22 September 1848

  • Date: September 22, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I saw the procession return about 8 o'clock, music playing, and so forth; contrary to the usual practice

, they played the most plaintive marches and held a solemn demeanor.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 2 October 1848

  • Date: October 2, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Collins continues at the Broadway; Esmeralda at the Park; Hamblin is playing a round of tragedy characters

Annotations Text:

William Macready (1793–1873) was a British stage actor, who played Shakespearean roles, including Richard

Chanfrau (1824–1884) was an actor and theatre manager who, in 1848, played the part of the Bowery b'hoy

Mose in Benjamin Baker's (1818–1890) hit play A Glance at New York in 1848.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 2 August 1848

  • Date: August 2, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

To Richings's Caliban, how sweetly she could then play and sing the gentle Ariel.

Hers was playing.

She "did" Marianne, in The Wife; and many a man, who had visited the theatre for years, then saw playing

Annotations Text:

He started performing at the Park Theatre as a child, acted in numerous plays, and, later, leased and

She acted in many principal women's roles of the era, including playing Juliet in William Shakespeare's

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 12 October 1848

  • Date: October 12, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The band played a complimentary tune, and the folks stared at the old hero; but there was no hurrahing

Macready still "goes it s'rong" at the Astor Place; to-night he plays Hamlet—his best performance.

Annotations Text:

William Macready (1793–1873) was a British stage actor, who played Shakespearean roles, including Richard

Walt Whitman to Talcott Williams, 11 October 1884

  • Date: October 11, 1884
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

"What Lurks Behind Shakspeare's Historical Plays?"

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 3 May 1887

  • Date: May 3, 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

bird is singing—the cars are puffing & rattling, & the children of the neighborhood are all outdoors playing—So

Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 10 September [1882]

  • Date: September 10, 1882
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

this it is a very pleasant quiet Sunday—as I sit here by my open window, a lady nearly opposite is playing

Walt Whitman to Sarah Tyndale, 20 June 1857

  • Date: June 20, 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

During the Civil War, he played a significant role at the Battle of Antietam and rose to the rank of

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 8 November 1890

  • Date: November 8, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

to me once in N Y, anent old French Revo)—A bad head and belly ache as I end this—the children are playing

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 7 May 1888

  • Date: May 7, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 6 January 1888

  • Date: January 6, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Dressed as Portia, when a Shakespeare masquerade (in which everyone took some part from the plays) was

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 28 July 1888

  • Date: July 28, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 27 December 1890

  • Date: December 27, 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

heavy-headed, congested—good fire—no mail for me to-day—Warren has gone out sleighing—I hear the boys playing

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 24 May 1888

  • Date: May 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 24 June 1888

  • Date: June 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

background on Harned's trip to the Republican National Convention in Chicago and the political issues at play

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 24 July 1889

  • Date: July 24, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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

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.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 21 November 1889

  • Date: November 21, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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

Ignatius Donnelly's The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in the So-Called Shakespeare Plays.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 2 January 1889

  • Date: January 2, 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a Russian realist writer of novels, plays, short stories and

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 14–15 July 1888

  • Date: July 14–15, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
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

O'Connor's Hamlet's Note-book (1886) argues for Bacon's authorship of Shakespeare's plays.

Donnelly's The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in the So-Called Shakespeare Plays (1888).

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