Literary EssaysA companion volume to Biographical Essays, this collection of twenty-five pieces includes two of Strachey's finest critical essays, "Shakespeare's Final Period" and "English Letter Writers." Index. |
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... acting that is something more than passable -- for acting that is really great - and , in addition , for that most difficult product of stage artistry - a perfectly manipulated ensemble . On the other hand , the ' historical ' scenes ...
... acting that is something more than passable -- for acting that is really great - and , in addition , for that most difficult product of stage artistry - a perfectly manipulated ensemble . On the other hand , the ' historical ' scenes ...
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... acting . It is difficult not to wish that all performances of Shake- speare could resemble that of the Marlowe Society . Is it im- possible that they should ? Clearly , one great difficulty stands in the way . The actors at Cambridge ...
... acting . It is difficult not to wish that all performances of Shake- speare could resemble that of the Marlowe Society . Is it im- possible that they should ? Clearly , one great difficulty stands in the way . The actors at Cambridge ...
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... acting Shake- speare is to trust him - how incalculable would the improve- ment be ! One can conceive , with a very little direction , a very little imaginative control , the actors of the Marlowe Society evolving a style of Shakespeare ...
... acting Shake- speare is to trust him - how incalculable would the improve- ment be ! One can conceive , with a very little direction , a very little imaginative control , the actors of the Marlowe Society evolving a style of Shakespeare ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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