The Stage History of Shakespeare's King Richard the Third |
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... vogue of the subject at this time . 31 The popularity of the subject continued long after the height of the vogue of the chronicle play . In 1610 , Robert Niccol's new edition of The Mirror for Magistrates appeared , in which there were ...
... vogue of the subject at this time . 31 The popularity of the subject continued long after the height of the vogue of the chronicle play . In 1610 , Robert Niccol's new edition of The Mirror for Magistrates appeared , in which there were ...
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... vogue we find few themes taken from English history . The scenes , as in the romances , are remote in place , as well as in time . In contradistinction to the loose epic structure , with the large number of characters , and the ...
... vogue we find few themes taken from English history . The scenes , as in the romances , are remote in place , as well as in time . In contradistinction to the loose epic structure , with the large number of characters , and the ...
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... vogue . Colley Cibber , in his " Apology " gives as the main charac- teristic of Betterton's acting the power " to keep the attention more pleasingly awake by a temper'd Spirit than by meer Vehemence of Voice . " 25 Again he says , " 25 ...
... vogue . Colley Cibber , in his " Apology " gives as the main charac- teristic of Betterton's acting the power " to keep the attention more pleasingly awake by a temper'd Spirit than by meer Vehemence of Voice . " 25 Again he says , " 25 ...
Contents
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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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