The Westminster Play - scene from Terence's "Eunuchus", act 1, scene 1, 1854. Stage production at Westminster School, a public school in London. '...representation of one of Terence's plays by the Queen's reproaches Thais; Parmeno sneers at his want of attack upon the courtesan's house by Thraso and his strange band is a good piece of burlesque "fun"...Parmeno, with his strong woman-hating propensities, stands out in strong relief from the ordinary accommodating slaves of the Davus and Syrus appearance of a Queen's Scholar in fe
The Westminster Play - scene from Terence's "Eunuchus", act 1, scene 1, 1854. Stage production at Westminster School, a public school in London. '...representation of one of Terence's plays by the Queen's reproaches Thais; Parmeno sneers at his want of attack upon the courtesan's house by Thraso and his strange band is a good piece of burlesque "fun"...Parmeno, with his strong woman-hating propensities, stands out in strong relief from the ordinary accommodating slaves of the Davus and Syrus appearance of a Queen's Scholar in female attire is always greeted with roars of acting of the young gentlemen was of the kind which has long been familiar to the audiences of Westminster Plays - consisting rather of a careful adoption of prescribed interpretations, than of venturous attempts in new paths'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.
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