An Evening With Shakespeare; An Entertainment of Readings, Tableaux And Songs Set to the Old Tunes
The book An Evening With Shakespeare; An Entertainment of Readings, Tableaux And Songs Set to the Old Tunes was written by author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Here you can read free online of An Evening With Shakespeare; An Entertainment of Readings, Tableaux And Songs Set to the Old Tunes book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is An Evening With Shakespeare; An Entertainment of Readings, Tableaux And Songs Set to the Old Tunes a good or bad book?
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Thomas Augustine Arne, in 1 74 1, for a performance of " As You Like It " at Drury Lane Theatre — the play having been laid aside for quite forty years previous to that date. It is interesting to note that young Arne, like many another musical genius, was for- bidden the practice of his beloved art when a young man ; in fact he was placed in a solicitor's office and intended for the law. So fond, however, was he of music, that, manag- ing to buy an old spinet, he smuggled it into his bedroom, a...nd by placing a cloth over the strings was able to practise during the nights, undetected. He also spent his pocket-money in obtaining lessons on the violin. Sometimes he would even borrow a servant's livery in order that he might gain free admittance to the servants' gallery of the opera. He soon attained such skill on the violin that he became the leader of a small private orchestra which held its rehearsals at the house of an enthusiastic amateur. There he was at last discovered by his father, who, 36 AN EVENING WITH SHAKESPEARE seeing that resistance was unavailing, consented to the young fellow's following music pro- fessionally.
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