The Stage History of Shakespeare's King Richard the Third |
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... hero is one of the noteworthy char- acteristics of this play . As a practical result of this Richard is upon the stage more constantly than the hero in the typical chronicle . In " Edward the First " about as much is spoken when the ...
... hero is one of the noteworthy char- acteristics of this play . As a practical result of this Richard is upon the stage more constantly than the hero in the typical chronicle . In " Edward the First " about as much is spoken when the ...
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... hero , as in the chronicle play , was a person of royal or noble birth , but as Rymer says of the hero of his " Edgar , " Unking'd , in Love , we represent him here . " The heroic play , sui generis , is professedly a history play , but ...
... hero , as in the chronicle play , was a person of royal or noble birth , but as Rymer says of the hero of his " Edgar , " Unking'd , in Love , we represent him here . " The heroic play , sui generis , is professedly a history play , but ...
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Alice Ida Perry Wood. With the appearance of Marlowe's Machiavelian heroes , and of Kyd's vengeful types , new elements were added . That Richard was an historical personage had little effect upon the development of this hero , for he ...
Alice Ida Perry Wood. With the appearance of Marlowe's Machiavelian heroes , and of Kyd's vengeful types , new elements were added . That Richard was an historical personage had little effect upon the development of this hero , for he ...
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RICHARD THE THIRD ON THE Elizabethan Stage | 25 |
RICHARD THE THIRD AND THE DRAMA OF THE RESTORA | 60 |
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