| 单词 | Thespis |
| 例句 | So I do my best to be proud and unashamed of Thespis, that sloppy, oversized, barely controllable monster. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Thespis victimizes me, deludes me, and makes a ridiculous fool of me. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z To stretch a metaphor to the breaking point, there are times when Thespis excitedly humps my thigh. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Thespis had got loose and was running wild all over Scarsdale. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton The Ancient Greek performer Thespis failed to make the cut despite his somewhat groundbreaking work, as did the considerably more alive Simon Russell Beale. Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench, Mark Rylance? Who is the greatest stage actor ever? 2010-09-22T23:01:00Z Thespis is not just thin-skinned; he can also be vengeful. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z She decided to submit her play to the Thespis Theater Festival in New York. To fund fond artistic dreams, just go along with the crowd 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z That’s when Thespis is believed to have won the prize for tragedy at the annual festival of Dionysus in Athens. Latest News: Greek Bailout, Cold Weather, the Oscars 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z I assumed “the theater” had just been killing time since Thespis, waiting for me to arrive. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Seat at the Table 2012-04-26T17:37:07Z Gilbert and Sullivan's fame was really based on a little comic opera called "Thespis." The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z But I prefer walking to the car of Thespis. Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z The drama was started by Thespis in a cart. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z We don’t know what Thespis’s acceptance speech was like — if he gave one. Latest News: Greek Bailout, Cold Weather, the Oscars 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z He handled the subject with tact, skill, and humor, tracing the history of the drama from the time when Thespis acted in a cart to the stage of to-day. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z The following night they went to the Gaiety to witness the performance of Mr. Toole in Dearer than Life, which Mr. Barlow had seen before, and in Thespis, the Christmas novelty at this theatre. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 62, January 20, 1872 2011-10-07T02:00:23.543Z The Academy Stock Company, forsaking the school of Thespis for that of Esculapius, organized the first relief station established at Halifax. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z Thespis and Aeschylus probably adopted those obvious aids to rudimentary drama from the shepherd,—who is first-cousin to the savage. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Like Thespis, and other dramatists in the commencement of the theatrical art, Livius was an actor, and for a considerable time the sole performer in his own pieces. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Several other children of Thespis lie stretched out snoring, among various drums and ropes, in the dust. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Madam, a Thespian is of no religious persuasion, but one who treads the boards and who wears the buskin of Thespis. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Only two, who watched the mischief with quiet malice, showed me their aversion more openly, the more honestly I tried to save the tottering car of Thespis from breaking down. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History This was signed "Thespian," at the suggestion of Trevor, who never by any chance wrote of actors or of the theatre, but always of "sons of Thespis," or of "the temple of Thespis." The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life It is to be called The Thespis, and will visit all the principal places on the river during the Season, and ought to do uncommonly well. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890 Thespis wears a custom-made coat of many colors, but his undershirt is sackcloth. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole It is a significant minor invention ascribed to Thespis, that he disguised the actor’s face first by means of a pigment, afterwards by a mask. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" I could tell myself, without vanity, that the breach of my--unwritten--contract would be equivalent to fracturing an axle in the car of Thespis. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History Thespis: a dramatic writer of the sixth century. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series Thespis.—It is more than I can tell you what kind of Brooke has caused Drury Lane to overflow every night. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The day has long passed, your ladyship, when the followers of Thespis have to apologize for their existence. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Indeed, seldom have I encountered in the ranks of Thespis a more modest young woman. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Mr. Pepper's Ghost winked with great archness as it replied: 'Ghosts have no terrors for the sons of Thespis, who are even merry with a ghost—of a chance to get their salaries. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Solon could not much have approved such a trick, for when Thespis, a great actor of plays, came to p. 123Athens, Solon asked him if he were not ashamed to speak so many falsehoods. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Oh, how vividly I can fancy the exclamations of Jiggles of the Victoria, or Pumpkins of the Stepney Temple of Thespis! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 By a change of style which emerges in, say, Pindar and Aeschylus when compared with what we know of Corinna or Thespis. Five Stages of Greek Religion Was not Homer himself a vagrant, and did not Thespis go about in a caravan? A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies He had sold her a model of the Alexandrian library, a specimen of the original type invented by Memnon the Egyptian, and a manuscript of the first play acted by Thespis. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 Thespis answered that it was all in sport. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History First Thespis, smear'd with lees, and void of art, The grateful folly vented from a cart; And as his tawdry actors drove about, The sight was new, and charm'd the gaping rout. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) "Thespis, the first professor of our art, At country wakes sang ballads from a cart." Music and Some Highly Musical People The rude satires, and gross mummery which occupied the stage, or rather the cart, of Thespis, were certainly calculated to provoke mirth in the multitude. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 Gracious!" cried Jack suddenly, as the motor boat drew closer and they saw its occupant was a bronzed, middle-aged man with a pleasant face; "it's Captain Simms of the revenue cutter Thespis! The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Thespis has the credit of being the first inventor of regular tragedy. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Thespis made several alterations in it, which Horace describes after Aristotle, in his Art of Poetry. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Above these are two busts on brackets, Thespis and Epicurus, or possibly Epicharmus. Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Thespis is credited with having been the first to place the leader upon a centrally located stage where he could be plainly seen and heard by all concerned. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present How early these expressions may have been used, we learn from the account of Thespis. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Before Thespis tragedy consisted of no more than one person, who sung songs in honour of Bacchus. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 The alterations Thespis made in tragedy, gave room for Æschylus to make new and more considerable of his own. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) There are some rather good stories told of his attachment to the Temple of Thespis, of which, while in Edinburgh, he had always been a regular attender. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities Thes'pian, relating to tragic action: from "Thespis"—the founder of the Greek drama. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words One dares say that the beautiful scenes of Corneille and the touching tragedies of Racine surpass the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides as much as these two Greeks surpass Thespis. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Solon, however, exercised his authority upon the occasion, and interdicted Thespis not only from writing but from teaching the art of composing tragedies at Athens. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 When Thespis first expos'd the tragic Muse, Rude were the actors, and a cart the scene, Where ghastly faces, smear'd with lees of wine, Frighted the children, and amus'd the crowd. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) For the disciples of Thespis, Paris was a paradise. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Now in the drama of Thespis there was at first, we are told, but one actor; later Æschylus added a second. Ancient Art and Ritual When a lad of sixteen he had run away from home with a company of strolling players, and from that time he had been a devoted follower of Thespis. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 Thespis introduced a second performer; such was the state of the Grecian stage when Æschylus arose, and made an illustrious epoch in the history of the drama. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 In sooth, I do not know, or greatly care To learn who our first English strollers were, Or if—till roofs received the vagrant art— Our Muse—like that of Thespis—kept a cart. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals Solon forewarned Thespis, that the effects of such plays, as he saw him act, would become in time injurious to the morals of mankind, and he forbade him to act again. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 The wheels have been taken off the cart of Thespis. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Was not Homer himself a vagrant, and did not Thespis go about in a caravan? Reviews Thespis and his successors before Æschylus, acted from a cart in the streets: neither his actors nor himself were distinguished by any more than their ordinary dress. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 At this time Thespis was beginning to introduce the drama, and the novelty of his exhibition attracted many people, although the regular contests were not yet introduced. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I He handled the subject with tact, skill, and humor, tracing the history of the drama from the time when Thespis acted in a cart, to the stage of to-day. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him With the Restoration, however, Thespis enjoyed his own again, and sock and buskin became once more lawful articles of apparel. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character In short, he tells of "many things," from the cart of Thespis and the Roman theatres, with their 6,000 singers and dancers, to the companies on the present stages. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829 And the followers of Thespis have, until the reign of King Pantomime is over, to take oftentimes second-class places in the Pantomimic form of entertainment of the present day. A History of Pantomime Before any of us would consent to be roped and tied by Thespis we insisted on a proviso that we be freed whenever duty called us to the Plains. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) It was, perhaps, for some such pious invention that Solon kicked out Thespis. The Man Who Laughs Even in the cart of Thespis some corner must have been found for the musician. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Thespis had introduced the first actor, who, in the pauses of the choral song, related in monologue the adventures of the god or engaged in dialogue with the leader of the chorus. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Thespis, the father of Greek tragedy, hence Thespian art for the drama. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge But let us remember that when Thespis spoke from his car, the world had also wise men. Pictures of Sweden For all that Thespis has lasted much longer than is generally believed. The Man Who Laughs What a fine president would Munden have been of the Garrick Club, the members of which probably know as much about Garrick as they care about Thespis. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 This was the first attempt, both of tragedy and comedy; for Thespis made use only of one speaker, without the least appearance of dialogue. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces What cared Mr. Rich for Thespis or for art? The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield It sat on the car of Thespis, like a croaking raven, and flapped its black, dregs-besmeared wings; over Iceland's minstrel-harp glided the swan's red, sounding bill. Pictures of Sweden Arid�us, a beautiful Youth of Epirus, in Love with Praxinoe, the Wife of Thespis, escaped without Damage, saving only that two of his Fore-Teeth were struck out and his Nose a little flatted. The Spectator, Volume 2. It's very nice of Thespis to celebrate our marriage day by giving the company a picnic on this lovely mountain. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Thespis made a single actor play before the people; this was the beginning of theatrical shows. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Thespis is said to have brought in the stage for the performers. Outline of Universal History THESPIS; AESCHYLUS; SOPHOCLES.—Thespis was the earliest known to us who took rudimentary tragedies from town to town in Attica. Initiation into Literature We have seen how a single actor was added to the chorus by Thespis, who caused him to represent in succession all the persons of the drama. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities But it would be ungrateful to Thespis's discretion not to take advantage of it by improving the opportunity. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan A clever-looking priest was directing the drama, and one juvenile Thespis was denouncing tyrants and dying for his country in hexameters of a shrill treble. Castilian Days The recitative, being in character, was improved into the Drama, the chief author of the improvement, tradition says, being Thespis. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles When the square of the town was reached, the theatre was stopped like the ancient car of Thespis, and the actors treated the people to a few comical drolleries in imitation of Aristophanes. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period This feature was introduced by Thespis, a native of Ica'ria, in 535 B.C., under whose direction, and that of Phryn'icus, his pupil, the first feeble rudiments of the drama were established. Mosaics of Grecian History Was it not that Thespis might consult you whenever he was in a difficulty? The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Long e'er the wise to give a verdict dared, An Iliad had fate's mysteries declared To early ages from afar; While Providence in silence fared Into the world from Thespis' car. The Poems of Schiller — Second period I'll be down there, at the Thespis Club, by eleven again. The Voice on the Wire That same Hercules who proposed to violate all the fifty daughters of Thespis was compelled to spin at the feet of Omphale, and Samson, the strong man, was less strong than Delilah. Emile Thespis began the drama: rumour says In travelling carts he carried round his plays, Where actors, smeared with lees, before the throng Performed their parts with gesture and with song. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry For Thespis as Jove is a terrible blunder, Too nervous and timid—too easy and weak— Whenever he's called on to lighten or thunder, The thought of it keeps him awake for a week. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Then and there, gazing with folded arms on this fortress of Thespis, the polytechnic man organized his first assault. Peg Woffington After absorbing the delights of an hour's lounging in the principal hotels along Broadway, he passed up into the stronghold of Thespis. Sixes and Sevens We do not know the precise age of Mr. Baker of Covent Garden Theatre; nor are we aware if that celebrated son of Thespis is a married man. Burlesques "Perfectly," said Andre-Louis, dryly, and was thus committed to the service of Thespis. Scaramouche In short, you will see from the facts that I'm showing, The state of the case is exceedingly sad; If Thespis's people go on as they're going, Olympus will certainly go to the bad. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan A fine symphony of praise assured Mr. Coates that no suitor worthier than he had ever courted Thespis. The Works of Max Beerbohm The actor estimated that it had suffered as few actual changes since the departure of its solitary follower of Thespis as had a stage upon which "four years is supposed to have elapsed." The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million It was in front of the largest house in a wretched little hamlet that the weary oxen drawing the chariot of Thespis stopped of their own accord. Captain Fracasse Spar and Daphne, Spar. with Daphne, Nicemis weeping with Thespis. mysterious music. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Since from Olympus we have departed, We've been distracted and brokenhearted, Oh wicked Thespis. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan She would strike him through his other love, the love of Thespis. The Works of Max Beerbohm Thespis used to be very attentive to me. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan I'm in a very delicate position, but I'll fall in with any arrangement Thespis may propose. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan |
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