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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... truth of nature , supplies a species of actual experience . This is indeed the special privi- lege of a great actor over a great poet . No part was ever played in perfection , but Nature justified herself in the hearts of all her ...
... truth of nature , supplies a species of actual experience . This is indeed the special privi- lege of a great actor over a great poet . No part was ever played in perfection , but Nature justified herself in the hearts of all her ...
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... truth which appeared in Garrick's inter- pretation of Shakespeare's leading characters , after all the cold , leaden , formal declamation under which even the best - esteemed performers had so long been accustomed to smother their ...
... truth which appeared in Garrick's inter- pretation of Shakespeare's leading characters , after all the cold , leaden , formal declamation under which even the best - esteemed performers had so long been accustomed to smother their ...
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... truth of history . Unless this point of view be steadily maintained by the critic in forming his dramatic judgment , his opinions will , at every moment , be liable to fall into inconsistency and injustice . A very little reflection ...
... truth of history . Unless this point of view be steadily maintained by the critic in forming his dramatic judgment , his opinions will , at every moment , be liable to fall into inconsistency and injustice . A very little reflection ...
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... truth , of all this realm Is fled to heaven . It is in tracing the course of the retribution upon John , political and personal , as a usurper and a mur- derer , brought upon him by those unscrupulous means which he had taken to prevent ...
... truth , of all this realm Is fled to heaven . It is in tracing the course of the retribution upon John , political and personal , as a usurper and a mur- derer , brought upon him by those unscrupulous means which he had taken to prevent ...
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... for example , that in the first scene with Elinc he renders with such perfect truth and beauty the uisitely characteristic pas- sage : - His grandam's wrongs , and not his mother's shames , D2 ACTING OF THE LADY CONSTANCE . 29.
... for example , that in the first scene with Elinc he renders with such perfect truth and beauty the uisitely characteristic pas- sage : - His grandam's wrongs , and not his mother's shames , D2 ACTING OF THE LADY CONSTANCE . 29.
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