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 76
... interest in the play . All's Well was revived at a new theatre , the Maddermarket , September 1924 , and the review in the London Times , 27 September , gave spe- cial mention to the Clown , a part which had not drawn favourable notice ...
... interest in the play . All's Well was revived at a new theatre , the Maddermarket , September 1924 , and the review in the London Times , 27 September , gave spe- cial mention to the Clown , a part which had not drawn favourable notice ...
Page 82
... interest of fable , and poetic beauty , as most of the productions of that immortal author . . . . The underplot is chiefly founded on the whimsi- cal character and adventures of ' Parolles ' . There are no reviews of the production ...
... interest of fable , and poetic beauty , as most of the productions of that immortal author . . . . The underplot is chiefly founded on the whimsi- cal character and adventures of ' Parolles ' . There are no reviews of the production ...
Page 97
... Interest in the early ro- mantic comedies of Shakespeare waned . Whatever the sa- tirical connotations of the term ' dark comedy ' which mod- ern critics have applied to All's Well , the play , with its mi- raculous cure of a king ...
... Interest in the early ro- mantic comedies of Shakespeare waned . Whatever the sa- tirical connotations of the term ' dark comedy ' which mod- ern critics have applied to All's Well , the play , with its mi- raculous cure of a king ...
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Alls Well That Ends Well | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 135 |
Twelfth Night | 196 |
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