Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 26Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 200
... Irving Wardle , for example , main- tained that nobody would shed any tears for Porter's " fat- uously capering Malvolio , " while Michael Coveney took the contrary position that " there is simply no better Malvolio in the world than ...
... Irving Wardle , for example , main- tained that nobody would shed any tears for Porter's " fat- uously capering Malvolio , " while Michael Coveney took the contrary position that " there is simply no better Malvolio in the world than ...
Page 206
... Irving's restless eye- brows and obliquely twinkling eyes do him a disservice . In all his comic creations a semi ... Irving exhibits him , stretched on the straw of a dungeon worthy of Fidelio . The play should , after all , be treated ...
... Irving's restless eye- brows and obliquely twinkling eyes do him a disservice . In all his comic creations a semi ... Irving exhibits him , stretched on the straw of a dungeon worthy of Fidelio . The play should , after all , be treated ...
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... Irving's hands the part became so transmuted that you marvelled how they dared , and no doubt having some such notion in his mind , he cast the play unfortunately ; the ladies were too mature and , what was almost equally disastrous ...
... Irving's hands the part became so transmuted that you marvelled how they dared , and no doubt having some such notion in his mind , he cast the play unfortunately ; the ladies were too mature and , what was almost equally disastrous ...
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Alls Well That Ends Well | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 135 |
Twelfth Night | 196 |
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