Studies of Shakespeare in the Plays of King John, Cymbeline, Macbeth, As You Like It, Much Ado about Nothing, Romeo and Juliet: With Observations on the Criticism and the Acting of Those Plays |
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... given to ask questions or to pass judgments ; we are taken by storm ; and though , in the histrionic art , many a clumsy counterfeit , by caricature of one or two fea- tures , may gain applause as a fine likeness , yet never was the ...
... given to ask questions or to pass judgments ; we are taken by storm ; and though , in the histrionic art , many a clumsy counterfeit , by caricature of one or two fea- tures , may gain applause as a fine likeness , yet never was the ...
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... given period , may depend on the taste and genius of a single actor , especially when that actor becomes a leading manager also . In the instance in question , this was more peculiarly and necessarily the case . When the condition of ...
... given period , may depend on the taste and genius of a single actor , especially when that actor becomes a leading manager also . In the instance in question , this was more peculiarly and necessarily the case . When the condition of ...
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... given to the public mind for the study of Shakespeare's women , has beyond what has hitherto reached it respecting the characters of his men , that we may be led , as their theatrical performance shall furnish the occasion , to consider ...
... given to the public mind for the study of Shakespeare's women , has beyond what has hitherto reached it respecting the characters of his men , that we may be led , as their theatrical performance shall furnish the occasion , to consider ...
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... given circu- lation , respecting the intellectual powers developed in this character . The substance of Mrs. Jameson's observations on this head is contained in the following sentence : - " The moral energy , that faculty which is ...
... given circu- lation , respecting the intellectual powers developed in this character . The substance of Mrs. Jameson's observations on this head is contained in the following sentence : - " The moral energy , that faculty which is ...
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... given to those electric passages . Labouring , too , under the misconception already pointed out , as to the essential qualities of the cha- racter , it would be but natural that , in the scenes where Constance and her son stand alone ...
... given to those electric passages . Labouring , too , under the misconception already pointed out , as to the essential qualities of the cha- racter , it would be but natural that , in the scenes where Constance and her son stand alone ...
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