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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... jokes , for perhaps the first time since Shakespeare's day , are jokes . Every other detail of the production is worked out with the same care and in- vention . Helena chooses her husband in a beautifully ele- gant dance , the court ...
... jokes , for perhaps the first time since Shakespeare's day , are jokes . Every other detail of the production is worked out with the same care and in- vention . Helena chooses her husband in a beautifully ele- gant dance , the court ...
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... jokes , just as modern audiences are being schooled in an appreciation of variety skills by a new generation of vaudevillians . This learning process is exemplified in the performance of Sam Williams , the Karamazov who plays Dromio of ...
... jokes , just as modern audiences are being schooled in an appreciation of variety skills by a new generation of vaudevillians . This learning process is exemplified in the performance of Sam Williams , the Karamazov who plays Dromio of ...
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... joke which results from mistaken identity in The Comedy of Errors . For much of the play we enjoy the distance from the joke which the theater grants us and which comedy generally requires . But the camera also al- lows us to look ...
... joke which results from mistaken identity in The Comedy of Errors . For much of the play we enjoy the distance from the joke which the theater grants us and which comedy generally requires . But the camera also al- lows us to look ...
Contents
Alls Well That Ends Well | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 135 |
Twelfth Night | 196 |
Copyright | |
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