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Page 121
... play- wright ; and some of the most famous scenes of Sheridan and Congreve have been ' lifted ' almost bodily from the author of the Misanthrope and the Femmes Savantes . The new edition of his plays , prepared , with an English ...
... play- wright ; and some of the most famous scenes of Sheridan and Congreve have been ' lifted ' almost bodily from the author of the Misanthrope and the Femmes Savantes . The new edition of his plays , prepared , with an English ...
Page 201
... played with genuine spontaneity ; and this is the one condition M. Coquelin cannot fulfil . Deliberation is the soul ... play has not the breath of life in it ; it is in essence sentimental and melodramatic ; and even its verse labours ...
... played with genuine spontaneity ; and this is the one condition M. Coquelin cannot fulfil . Deliberation is the soul ... play has not the breath of life in it ; it is in essence sentimental and melodramatic ; and even its verse labours ...
Page 203
... play , was in no way convincing or significant ; it had not even that ' bad eminence ' in raw emotionalism possessed ... plays ; the whole of the interest was centred in the actor . And doubtless all who witnessed Mr Tree's performance ...
... play , was in no way convincing or significant ; it had not even that ' bad eminence ' in raw emotionalism possessed ... plays ; the whole of the interest was centred in the actor . And doubtless all who witnessed Mr Tree's performance ...
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A New History of Rome Jan 2 1909 page | 13 |
Sir Henry Wotton Nov 23 1907 | 23 |
The Swan of Lichfield Dec 7 1907 | 33 |
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