Excerpt from The Thespian Preceptor, or a Full Display of the Scenic Art: Including Ample and Easy Instructions for Treading the Stage, Using Proper Action, Modulating the Voice, and Expressing the Several Dramatic Passions These rules are here given as warnings to the young aflors against failings which are much too frequent. If they be true, he cannot but deduce from them, that the deportment of a hero ought to be dignified, yet easy 3 that of a perfee't gentleman, yet disdainful of the gentility and mere ceremony of good breeding - immeasurably beyond them while the varied tones of his voice, and each word that he utters, should make it evident that he fully corn prehends every varied sense in which what he speaks can be understood. In brief, his presence of mind, nu shaken fortitude, and especially his consummate intelli gence, should approach perfeelion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.