Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 7Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... stage furniture , and that the poet of Act IV is a mere irruption into the play , a species of human ordnance shot off . But much of the play's virtue lies in the continual invention and abundant vitality of these details of character ...
... stage furniture , and that the poet of Act IV is a mere irruption into the play , a species of human ordnance shot off . But much of the play's virtue lies in the continual invention and abundant vitality of these details of character ...
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... stage . Shakespeare's stage - craft in this play is as novel , subtle and revolutionary as it had been a few years before in Antony and Cleopatra , but in an entirely different way : just as he had then found the technical path to an ...
... stage . Shakespeare's stage - craft in this play is as novel , subtle and revolutionary as it had been a few years before in Antony and Cleopatra , but in an entirely different way : just as he had then found the technical path to an ...
Page 486
... stage direction for Antigonus ' departure : ' Exit , pursued by a bear ' [ III . iii . 58 ] . As a stage direction , it is one of the funnier in Shakespeare , in a class with ' Enter Ariel , invisible ' [ The Tempest , III . ii . 42 ] ...
... stage direction for Antigonus ' departure : ' Exit , pursued by a bear ' [ III . iii . 58 ] . As a stage direction , it is one of the funnier in Shakespeare , in a class with ' Enter Ariel , invisible ' [ The Tempest , III . ii . 42 ] ...
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