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Show 136 THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE. by the other sex. Jeurrain acquired much celebrity in them. The actor Hubert was so perfect in this line of acting, that it is generally supposed that Moliere wrote expressly for him the characters of Madame Pernelle, Madame Jourdain, Madame de Sotenville, and of the Comtesse d'Escar-bagnas. 11. Baccio Ugolino, who had the honour of playing the principal part in Politien's celebrated piece VOrfeo, may be regarded as the first actor who appeared upon the Italian theatre after the revival of the arts. Verato, surnamed the Roscius of his time, lived in the sixteenth century, and was celebrated as the original performer of Tasso's Aminta. Baron, Mondori, La Noue, Poisson, P. Susini, were Italian actors of the seventeenth century. Mohl, Preville, Thomassini, Doggett, Watton, Gibbon, Zannoni, Petronio, Monvel, Vestri, Champmesl^, Le Couvreur, Gaussin, Contat, Ellena Riccoboni, Sainval, Silvia, Balletti, Lawrence, &c. The following are the modern Mimes :-A. Vestris, Ferdinand, Molinari, Costa, Melle, Chevigny; Dutacq, Robillon, Theodore, Dauberval, Bigottini, Pallerini, Leon, Ch^za, Pezzoli, Bocci, Conti, Olivieri. The actors of antiquity are :-Esopus, Roscius, Nestor, Paris, Labcrius, Pylades, Hylas, pupil of the latter, Bathylus, Mnesterius, Coramalus, Phabeton, Plancus, Sophronius, Polus, Aristodemus, Demetrius, Callistrates, Philonides, Neoptolemus, Apelles, and Stratocles, which latter was the Preville of his time. 12. • Those who would have a more detailed account of this subject may read Nieuport .-Rituum qui apud Romanos obtinuerunt. Dubos••-Reflexions sur la Poe'sie. torn. 3, and Riccoboni's Treatise. |
