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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Page 110
... direction only Proculeius arrives . A simple supposi- tion is that he finds her on the inner stage behind a barred gate and speaks to her through it . This at any rate repro- duces Plutarch's ' For Proculeius came to the gates that were ...
... direction only Proculeius arrives . A simple supposi- tion is that he finds her on the inner stage behind a barred gate and speaks to her through it . This at any rate repro- duces Plutarch's ' For Proculeius came to the gates that were ...
Page 116
... direction , simple design , and swift pacing of Robert Helpmann's staging . Byrne surveys critical reaction to Keith Michell and Margaret Whiting in the title roles and concludes that their performances greatly improved as the ...
... direction , simple design , and swift pacing of Robert Helpmann's staging . Byrne surveys critical reaction to Keith Michell and Margaret Whiting in the title roles and concludes that their performances greatly improved as the ...
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... direction , and pace of Toby Robertson's production , commending the treatment of such difficult minor scenes as the emis- sary of Antony's schoolmaster and the Seleucus episode . Trewin also calls attention to the verse - speaking of ...
... direction , and pace of Toby Robertson's production , commending the treatment of such difficult minor scenes as the emis- sary of Antony's schoolmaster and the Seleucus episode . Trewin also calls attention to the verse - speaking of ...
Contents
Antony and Cleopatra | 1 |
Coriolanus | 124 |
Comparisons and Overviews | 227 |
Copyright | |
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