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 58
... close of the sleeping scene . We have only one word to say , and that extremely gratifying , with regard to Mr. KEMBLE - that we never saw him play with greater excellence , nor heard him to more advantage . His bodily strength , to a close ...
... close of the sleeping scene . We have only one word to say , and that extremely gratifying , with regard to Mr. KEMBLE - that we never saw him play with greater excellence , nor heard him to more advantage . His bodily strength , to a close ...
Page 100
... close with his wife was one of the peculiar triumphs of his art . It fell into natural and sublime contrast with an effect of the same description , practised by the actor at the close of the first meeting of the guilty pair . But ...
... close with his wife was one of the peculiar triumphs of his art . It fell into natural and sublime contrast with an effect of the same description , practised by the actor at the close of the first meeting of the guilty pair . But ...
Page 208
... close - ups of Welles ( including many deep- focus shots of him with his head in the extreme foreground and the other characters arrayed around in the distance ) and by the fact that he seems entirely alone in his castle when Malcolm's ...
... close - ups of Welles ( including many deep- focus shots of him with his head in the extreme foreground and the other characters arrayed around in the distance ) and by the fact that he seems entirely alone in his castle when Malcolm's ...
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Macbeth | 1 |
Timon of Athens | 425 |
Selected Studies of Shakespearean Productions | 501 |
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