King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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... Macready 1858 Charles Kean 1861 Samuel Phelps 1876 Ernesto Rossi Edwin Forrest W.C. Macready ( with the Fool ) Fool : Priscilla Horton Samuel Phelps W.C. Macready Samuel Phelps Edwin Forrest W.C. Macready Drury Lane , London Covent ...
... Macready 1858 Charles Kean 1861 Samuel Phelps 1876 Ernesto Rossi Edwin Forrest W.C. Macready ( with the Fool ) Fool : Priscilla Horton Samuel Phelps W.C. Macready Samuel Phelps Edwin Forrest W.C. Macready Drury Lane , London Covent ...
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... Macready had a flair for visual effect , and he imprinted his pictures upon contemporary expectations of King Lear . These were to be the terms of com- mendation for the rest of the century , and indeed rather beyond . Macready's ...
... Macready had a flair for visual effect , and he imprinted his pictures upon contemporary expectations of King Lear . These were to be the terms of com- mendation for the rest of the century , and indeed rather beyond . Macready's ...
Page 205
... Macready's elaborate groupings and pictures made this a note- able moment : the crowd of extras drew back suddenly ... Macready and Irving . Edmund Kean and Phelps cut to 1. 161 , removing Goneril's response to Edmund's fall and Albany's ...
... Macready's elaborate groupings and pictures made this a note- able moment : the crowd of extras drew back suddenly ... Macready and Irving . Edmund Kean and Phelps cut to 1. 161 , removing Goneril's response to Edmund's fall and Albany's ...
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