Shakespearean CriticismWith chronologically arranged excerpts from nearly 400 years of commentary, this illustrated series provides useful support to students and teachers. It presents an extensive collection of critical excerpts dealing with all of Shakespeare's plays and non-dramatic poems. It also traces the history of Shakespeare's plays on the stage and in important films. Included are eyewitness reviews and retrospective evaluations of individual productions. |
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Sandra L. Williamson Joseph C. Tardiff. So Macbeth comes , and there are notes about how Lady Macbeth should handle him . Before she says of Duncan , ' And when goes hence ? ' [ I.v.59 ] , Ellen Terry writes : ' Right hand eagerly on ...
Sandra L. Williamson Joseph C. Tardiff. So Macbeth comes , and there are notes about how Lady Macbeth should handle him . Before she says of Duncan , ' And when goes hence ? ' [ I.v.59 ] , Ellen Terry writes : ' Right hand eagerly on ...
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... woman of delicate beauty , Miss Leigh is not ideally cast in the majes- tic part of Lady Macbeth . But Sir Laurence's sensitive understanding of Macbeth's ordeal by fire and his candid recognition of Macbeth's im- perfections result in ...
... woman of delicate beauty , Miss Leigh is not ideally cast in the majes- tic part of Lady Macbeth . But Sir Laurence's sensitive understanding of Macbeth's ordeal by fire and his candid recognition of Macbeth's im- perfections result in ...
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... LADY MACBETH . Only look up clear : To alter favor ever is to fear . Leave all the rest to me . ( I.v.62-73 ) Lady Macbeth seems to have taken over . Is their relation- ship , even if it was presented positively at the outset of the ...
... LADY MACBETH . Only look up clear : To alter favor ever is to fear . Leave all the rest to me . ( I.v.62-73 ) Lady Macbeth seems to have taken over . Is their relation- ship , even if it was presented positively at the outset of the ...
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Timon of Athens | 425 |
Selected Studies of Shakespearean Productions | 501 |
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