improviso

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Moreover, at this time, as Mr. Payne Collier judges, "extemporal plays," in the nature of the Italian Commedie al improviso, were often presented upon the English stage.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton

His improviso verses made on a young heir's coming of age are highly capable of restraining such folly, if it is to be restrained: they never yet were printed, I believe.

From Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Piozzi, Hester Lynch

You must be careful and give the thing with a downright improviso air.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan

One summer Salvator Rosa joined a company of young persons who were curiously addicted to the making of commedie all' improviso.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

But we are called away to hear the fair Fantastici, a young woman who makes improviso verses, and sings them, as they tell me, with infinite learning and taste.

From Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I by Piozzi, Hester Lynch