Shakespearean CriticismPresents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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... acting was on a level which takes no ac- count of vowel sounds . With no other actress since Edith Evans had I found such support and mutual help as I found with Peggy . Acting with her my chief emotion was the same as when acting with ...
... acting was on a level which takes no ac- count of vowel sounds . With no other actress since Edith Evans had I found such support and mutual help as I found with Peggy . Acting with her my chief emotion was the same as when acting with ...
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... actors seen last night produced a very pow- erful impression . The German style of acting and of enun- ciation is more conventional , one might say academical , than what we are accustomed to in this country . The pow- erful realism ...
... actors seen last night produced a very pow- erful impression . The German style of acting and of enun- ciation is more conventional , one might say academical , than what we are accustomed to in this country . The pow- erful realism ...
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... acting in unison was sometimes ridiculous , and when on Antony's uncovering the corse of Caesar the women began to sob in chorus , a slight titter went through the house , and , for a moment , there was danger of the tragedy being ...
... acting in unison was sometimes ridiculous , and when on Antony's uncovering the corse of Caesar the women began to sob in chorus , a slight titter went through the house , and , for a moment , there was danger of the tragedy being ...
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Antony and Cleopatra | 1 |
Coriolanus | 124 |
Comparisons and Overviews | 227 |
Copyright | |
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