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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Page 164
... actor has his line - a sort of part in which he admittedly excels ; and , presumably , it is not his intelligence which confines him to this groove , but his physical means of giv- ing expression to his ideas . Nevertheless , the ...
... actor has his line - a sort of part in which he admittedly excels ; and , presumably , it is not his intelligence which confines him to this groove , but his physical means of giv- ing expression to his ideas . Nevertheless , the ...
Page 378
... actor still in his twenties and not yet manager of his own theatre . David Garrick's eminence as an actor has been consistent- ly acknowledged over the more - than - two - hundred years since his debut in 1741-42 as Richard III in ...
... actor still in his twenties and not yet manager of his own theatre . David Garrick's eminence as an actor has been consistent- ly acknowledged over the more - than - two - hundred years since his debut in 1741-42 as Richard III in ...
Page 487
... actors , but it leaves the problems and possibilities of Timon's character unexplored in a way no actor can afford . Actors reveal character by the choices and the pursuits of courses of action , both particular and general . The ...
... actors , but it leaves the problems and possibilities of Timon's character unexplored in a way no actor can afford . Actors reveal character by the choices and the pursuits of courses of action , both particular and general . The ...
Contents
Macbeth | 1 |
Timon of Athens | 425 |
Selected Studies of Shakespearean Productions | 501 |
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