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Page 446
... Lear ever produced in me . But the Lear of Shakespeare cannot be acted . The contemptible machinery by which they ... King Lear is then the best of all Shakespeare's plays , for it is the one in which he was the most in earnest . He was ...
... Lear ever produced in me . But the Lear of Shakespeare cannot be acted . The contemptible machinery by which they ... King Lear is then the best of all Shakespeare's plays , for it is the one in which he was the most in earnest . He was ...
Page 447
... Lear , is the petrifying indifference , the cold , calculating , obdurate selfishness of his daughters . His keen ... King Lear is too huge for the stage . Of course , I am not denying that it is a great stage - play . It has scenes ...
... Lear , is the petrifying indifference , the cold , calculating , obdurate selfishness of his daughters . His keen ... King Lear is too huge for the stage . Of course , I am not denying that it is a great stage - play . It has scenes ...
Page 448
... King Lear in the theatre , it is from nothing like Shakespeare's theatre that he bans it . Lamb's was the age of spectacle ; he bases his arguments upon it , not upon Shakespeare's . . . . It was the age of ' the beauties of Shake ...
... King Lear in the theatre , it is from nothing like Shakespeare's theatre that he bans it . Lamb's was the age of spectacle ; he bases his arguments upon it , not upon Shakespeare's . . . . It was the age of ' the beauties of Shake ...
Contents
FROM FIRST FOLIO Frontispiece | 40 |
SHAKESPEARES MONUMENT IN STRATFORD CHURCH facing page | 67 |
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PLAYERS | 73 |
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