King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page 44
... Barker's Preface , published in 1927 , which made confident and influential claims for the play's supreme actability and importance in modern terms . As it began to be perceived in terms of the falling monolith , embodying all the ...
... Barker's Preface , published in 1927 , which made confident and influential claims for the play's supreme actability and importance in modern terms . As it began to be perceived in terms of the falling monolith , embodying all the ...
Page 79
... Barker's instruction in 1940 was that Cordelia wept not out of self - pity , but for the kindness of France ( Barker notes ) . Exit France and Cordelia Macready and Charles Kean both ended the scene here , sacrificing the sinister final ...
... Barker's instruction in 1940 was that Cordelia wept not out of self - pity , but for the kindness of France ( Barker notes ) . Exit France and Cordelia Macready and Charles Kean both ended the scene here , sacrificing the sinister final ...
Page 213
... Barker directed Gielgud to interpret the line ' Look on her ' as joyful , and so to die , presumably , convinced of reunion with her ( Barker notes ) . The highly stylized Noguchi designs in 1955 were completed with a very formal stage ...
... Barker directed Gielgud to interpret the line ' Look on her ' as joyful , and so to die , presumably , convinced of reunion with her ( Barker notes ) . The highly stylized Noguchi designs in 1955 were completed with a very formal stage ...
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