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Page 40
... failing to render as perfectly the flight of bitter philosophic fantasy which breaks it off . Imperious Cæsar , dead ... failed was in con- veying Hamlet's bitter - gay , intellectual exhilara- tion , which is the desperate reaction of a ...
... failing to render as perfectly the flight of bitter philosophic fantasy which breaks it off . Imperious Cæsar , dead ... failed was in con- veying Hamlet's bitter - gay , intellectual exhilara- tion , which is the desperate reaction of a ...
Page 69
... failed as the pathetic lover - clown of genius , yet you could not help admir- ing him ; it was a respect - worthy failure . He played the part too heavily , or rather was himself much too simple and solid , temperamentally , for the ...
... failed as the pathetic lover - clown of genius , yet you could not help admir- ing him ; it was a respect - worthy failure . He played the part too heavily , or rather was himself much too simple and solid , temperamentally , for the ...
Page 174
... failed . Towards the end of his life he re - wrote it and improved it immensely ; it was played by the Moscow Art Theatre , and again it did not succeed . The reason of this second failure was ( I have good authority for saying this ) ...
... failed . Towards the end of his life he re - wrote it and improved it immensely ; it was played by the Moscow Art Theatre , and again it did not succeed . The reason of this second failure was ( I have good authority for saying this ) ...
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SHAKESPEARE | 5 |
SHYLOCKS PAST AND PRESENT January 24th | 15 |
Othello May 7th 1921 | 21 |
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