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 146
... whole of Europe , and now is resting for life at the Tate Gallery . Everybody hates Sargent's head of Henry . Henry , also . I like it , but not altogether . I think it perfectly wonderfully painted and like him , only not at his best ...
... whole of Europe , and now is resting for life at the Tate Gallery . Everybody hates Sargent's head of Henry . Henry , also . I like it , but not altogether . I think it perfectly wonderfully painted and like him , only not at his best ...
Page 232
... whole , effective as it is on the open stage , will not , one imagines , need much alteration when it is brought to the Waterloo Road theatre . A review of " Macbeth , " in The Times , Lon- don , August 25 , 1954 , p . 8 . Ivor Brown ...
... whole , effective as it is on the open stage , will not , one imagines , need much alteration when it is brought to the Waterloo Road theatre . A review of " Macbeth , " in The Times , Lon- don , August 25 , 1954 , p . 8 . Ivor Brown ...
Page 233
... whole range of the character from the mannerly though guarded beginning to the reckless brutality of the end . Coral Browne's Lady Macbeth is an extraordinary piece of acting . On her first entrance , her Lady Macbeth is a sen- sual ...
... whole range of the character from the mannerly though guarded beginning to the reckless brutality of the end . Coral Browne's Lady Macbeth is an extraordinary piece of acting . On her first entrance , her Lady Macbeth is a sen- sual ...
Contents
Macbeth | 1 |
Timon of Athens | 425 |
Selected Studies of Shakespearean Productions | 501 |
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