John Genest (1764–1839) was an English clergyman and theatre historian. He was the son of John Genest of Dunker's Hill, Devon. He was educated at Westminster...

Genest is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles-Borromée Genest (1832–1873), Canadian politician Christian Genest (born 1957), Canadian...

Restoration, the play enjoyed a lengthy prominence: John Genest records over fifty performances before 1770. John Evelyn saw it performed at the court of Charles...

James Perry. John Genest considered the play's language better than its plot. Nicoll p.324 Genest p.88 Odell p.595 Genest p.89 Genest, John. Some Account...

David Erskine Baker wrote that it was "condemned the first night" while John Genest wrote that it "is a poor Opera [...] in this piece the absurdity is greater...

Émile Genest (July 27, 1921 – March 19, 2003) was a Canadian actor. Born in Quebec City, Quebec, as a young man Genest served with the Royal Canadian Navy...

renamed as Saiko in his play. It was never produced and, in the words of John Genest, "totally unfit for representation." Hatchett made a dedication to the...

by William Chetwood in his General History of the Stage (1749), but John Genest in Some Account of the English Stage (1832) thought it was by Thomas...

successful enough to encourage her to continue writing for the stage. John Genest described it as 'on the whole, a poor play'. It was published with a...

years. Hazlitt thought the plot owed much to the Taming of the Shrew; John Genest detected reminiscences of Massinger and other Elizabethans. Tobin excelled...

Dulhead may have been written. It contains an epilogue by Thomas D'Urfey. John Genest considered that the plot resembled that of The Virtuoso from 1676, and...

retirement". John Genest, Some Account of the English Stage, from the Restoration in 1660 to 1830, Bath, 1832, Vol. X, p. 545. Trial of John Magee, pp....

Rusdi Genest RCA (1939 – 14 April, 2019) was a Quebec sculptor known for his symbolic surrealistic art bronzes by the lost-wax casting process and his...

Christian Genest (/ʒənɛ/; born January 11, 1957, in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University...

Carson Britt Robertson as Michelle Genest Liisa Repo-Martell as Carole Genest Stephen McHattie as Captain Healy John Beale as Dr. Perkins Vito Rezza as...

Countess of Derby, London, quarto, 1797 (a reply to the preceding); John Genest, Account of the English Stage; Monthly Mirror, April 1797; Thespian Dictionary;...

Bowers (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) vol. 1, pp. 87–88; John Genest Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830...

first played at the Haymarket in 1804, was described by the critic John Genest as "an unnatural mixture of tragedy and farce". A Prior Claim, produced...

singing. She remained there until July, "about 65 nights" according to John Genest, "wonderfully attractive." Other roles included Rosetta in Arne's Love...

influence the character of her acting was described as fascinating. John Genest wrote that she was a very pretty woman and a very pleasing actress, but...

Reynolds's comedy The Rage. This is the last appearance recorded by John Genest. Brunton left the stage aged 22–25 in December 1807, and married, 12...

Lover, a comedy, produced at Covent Garden in 1806, and "damned", wrote John Genest. Plays attributed to Allingham include: Who wins? or the Widow's Choice...

However, he is the only one to talk about the play until the 19th century. John Genest praised it but adds, "the humour is low and [...] not very decent". Lawrence...

Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862 John Genest, English Stage, vi. 897, 418–19, cited in DNB. ib. vi. 441–2, cited in...

Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer: 461. September 1773. John Genest (1832). Some account of the English stage, from the restoration in 1660...

Hoadly's The Suspicious Husband (1747). The play was mostly ignored until John Genest, in Some Account of the English Stage, from the Restoration in 1660 to...

History of the Stage (1800) makes a short comment on the dialogue, and John Genest said that the play was "moderate" in Some Account of the English Stage...

lecturing, and reciting. In February 1828 he played Macbeth at Bath. John Genest wrote "he acted tolerably, but nothing farther; he had an indifferent...

charge and asserted that her play was copied by Earle from recitation. John Genest considered that Earle's statement 'has the appearance of truth'. Lady...

Genêt is portrayed by Cyril Descours in Episode V of the 2008 miniseries John Adams. Franco-U.S. relations Notes Cornelius was the son of Nicholas Van...