cothurns

When at length the fateful march of the cothurns was stayed by the single pause in the play, and Darrow had led Miss Viner out on the balcony overhanging the square before the theatre, he turned to see if she shared his feelings.

The Reef; a novel 1912

While the cothurns trod majestic Down the deep iambic lines And the rolling anapaestics Curled like vapour over shrines.

Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions Harris, Frank 1910

When at length the fateful march of the cothurns was stayed by the single pause in the play, and Darrow had led Miss Viner out on the balcony overhanging the square before the theatre, he turned to see if she shared his feelings.

The Reef Edith Wharton 1899

Kartaphalos, the shoemaker, sat in his shop by the Acarnanian Gate, and repaired cothurns for the Dionysian theatre, which was about to make a last attempt to revive the tragic drama, which had been eclipsed by the farces of Aristophanes.

Historical Miniatures August Strindberg 1880

And we will shuffle the cards and take patience, and begin the game again, if you please -- and I shall bear in mind that you are a dramatic poet, which is not the same thing, by any means, with _us_ of the primitive simplicities, who don't tread on cothurns nor shift the mask in the scene.

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850

And we will shuffle the cards and take patience, and begin the game again, if you please ” and I shall bear in mind that you are a dramatic poet, which is not the same thing, by any means, with us of the primitive simplicities, who don't tread on cothurns nor shift the mask in the scene.

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898

You have plenty of cothurns, I see, but the 'sock' has won the day. "

Historical Miniatures August Strindberg 1880