King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page xiv
... Phelps and Forbes - Robertson : W. May Phelps and John Forbes Robertson , The Life and Life - Work of Samuel Phelps ( 1886 ) Pittard : Joseph Pittard , Observations on Mr Garrick's Acting ; in a Letter to the Right Hon . the Earl of ...
... Phelps and Forbes - Robertson : W. May Phelps and John Forbes Robertson , The Life and Life - Work of Samuel Phelps ( 1886 ) Pittard : Joseph Pittard , Observations on Mr Garrick's Acting ; in a Letter to the Right Hon . the Earl of ...
Page 157
... Phelps , Charles Kean and Irving , cutting most or all of the scene , avoided an incident the Victorian audience would probably have been unable to accept ; Phelps was boldest , retaining the blinding itself , with Gloucester bound to a ...
... Phelps , Charles Kean and Irving , cutting most or all of the scene , avoided an incident the Victorian audience would probably have been unable to accept ; Phelps was boldest , retaining the blinding itself , with Gloucester bound to a ...
Page 213
... Phelps played the whole scene very quietly , ' nursing and rocking ' Cordelia's body , and tenderly laying it down to lift his hands to his throat ; ' his quiet death , with his eyes , his pointing hands , and his last words directed to ...
... Phelps played the whole scene very quietly , ' nursing and rocking ' Cordelia's body , and tenderly laying it down to lift his hands to his throat ; ' his quiet death , with his eyes , his pointing hands , and his last words directed to ...
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