King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page 62
... Gielgud enter ' ceremoniously from the side carrying a huge staff ' and take command of centre stage , rapping out commands ( Barker notes , p . 121 ) . In 1950 Gielgud tended to echo his earlier performance , and had another tall staff ...
... Gielgud enter ' ceremoniously from the side carrying a huge staff ' and take command of centre stage , rapping out commands ( Barker notes , p . 121 ) . In 1950 Gielgud tended to echo his earlier performance , and had another tall staff ...
Page 135
... Gielgud felt he ' could do no more than shout against the thundersheet ' ( Early Stages , 1939 , p . 190 ) . In 1955 the Noguchi designs detracted from Gielgud's performance here as elsewhere : ' an ominous group of black shapes dilated ...
... Gielgud felt he ' could do no more than shout against the thundersheet ' ( Early Stages , 1939 , p . 190 ) . In 1955 the Noguchi designs detracted from Gielgud's performance here as elsewhere : ' an ominous group of black shapes dilated ...
Page 213
... Gielgud had just found around Cordelia's neck ( promptbook ) . 306-7 Cut by Irving . 307 Edmund Kean laid Cordelia on the ground here . 310 Donald Sinden flung this out at the audience , arms outstretched in an outburst of ' sheer ...
... Gielgud had just found around Cordelia's neck ( promptbook ) . 306-7 Cut by Irving . 307 Edmund Kean laid Cordelia on the ground here . 310 Donald Sinden flung this out at the audience , arms outstretched in an outburst of ' sheer ...
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actor ALBANY audience Barker notes Burgundy Byrne Charles Kean Cordelia CORNWALL critics curse Cut by Irving daughters Donald Sinden Donald Wolfit dost drama duke Edmund Kean effect Enter Edgar Enter Lear entry Exeunt Exit eyes father followed Fool Fool's France Garrick GENTLEMAN Gielgud in 1940 Gloucester Gloucester's Goneril Goodbody Granada TV Granada TV production hand hath Hazlitt heart Hughes Irving cut Irving's J.C. Trewin J.P. Kemble Kean and Irving Kean's Kent Kent's King Lear knights Komisarjevsky Laughton Lear and Cordelia Lear's London Drury Lane lord Macready's madam madness noble nuncle Oswald pathos Paul Scofield performance Peter Brook Phelps playing Lear promptbook Regan restored role Samuel Phelps scene Scofield servants Shakespeare Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Shakespeare's text Shakespearian sister speak speech spoke stage storm Stratford upon Avon sword Tate Tate's text Tate's version tears Theatre theatrical thee thou throne Trewin villain