 | Anna Maria Lee - Women - 1827 - 222 pages
...that met with temporary success. Some of her comedies still remain as stock pieces, among which arc "The Busy Body;" "The Wonder;" and "A Bold Stroke...enjoyed the friendship of Steele, Farquhar, Rowe, and other wits of the day. Besides her dramatic works, published in three volumes, a vomme'of her poems... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 pages
...for the stage, and produced several more comedies. Some of these remain stock pieces, of which number are the Busy Body, the Wonder, and a Bold Stroke for...accompaniments of adequate language and forcible delineation. Tney partook of the license of the age. Mrs. Centlivre enjoyed the friendship of Steele, Farquhar,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 634 pages
...for the stage, and produced several more comedies. Some of these remain stock pieces, of which number are the Busy Body, the Wonder, and a Bold Stroke for...accompaniments of adequate language and forcible delineation. They partook of the license of the age. Mrs. Centlivre enjoyed the friendship of Steele, Farqubar,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1831 - 594 pages
...comedies, many of which were successful. Her dramatic pieces arc nineteen in number. Some of them, among which are The Busy Body, The Wonder, and A Bold Stroke for a Wife, still keep possession of the stage. For awhile she was an actress, and, in this capacity, she captivated... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 630 pages
...for the stage, and produced several more comedies. Some of these remain stock pieces, of which number are the Busy Body, the Wonder, and a Bold Stroke for a \Viii-. They are diverting from the bustle of the incident and the liveliness of the characters, hut... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1836 - 502 pages
...for the stage, and produced several more comedies. Some of these remain stock pieces, of which number are the Busy Body, the Wonder, and a Bold Stroke for...accompaniments of adequate language and forcible delineation. They partook of the license of the age. Mrs Centlivre enjoyed the friendship of Steele, l-'arquhar,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 642 pages
...the stage, and produced several more comedies. Some of these remain stock piecr-s, of which number are the Busy Body, the Wonder, and a Bold Stroke for a Wife. They are diverting from the bustle of th<> incident and the liveliness of the characters, but want the accompaniments of adequate language... | |
 | 1838 - 406 pages
...Mrs. Centlivre might have no pretensions to first rate excellence as a dramatic writer, the author of The Busy Body, The Wonder, and A Bold Stroke for a Wife, could not, without the greatest injustice, be classed amongst dunces. After living for several years... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Biography - 1849 - 544 pages
...which were successful. Her dramatic pieces are nineteen in numl>er. Some of them, among which arc, The Busy Body, The Wonder, and A Bold Stroke "for a Wife, still keep possession of the stage. For a while she was an actress, and, in this capacity, ehe captivated... | |
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Anne, whom she married in 1706. She still continued writing for the stage, and produced several more comedies. Some of these remain stock pieces, of which number are the Busy Body, the Wonder, and a Bold Stroke for a Wife. 
