King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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... actor's stature and his virtuosity . He was assessed by his rendition of a series of ' points ' , the known beauties , opportunities or big moments within the role . Because of the narrow and well - known repertory of plays , such ...
... actor's stature and his virtuosity . He was assessed by his rendition of a series of ' points ' , the known beauties , opportunities or big moments within the role . Because of the narrow and well - known repertory of plays , such ...
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... actor felt to be adequate to the role appeared between 1776 and the debut of John Philip Kemble in 1788. John Henderson , the chief contender , was a short fat man whose Lear looked like Falstaff pretending to be Henry IV.51 The most ...
... actor felt to be adequate to the role appeared between 1776 and the debut of John Philip Kemble in 1788. John Henderson , the chief contender , was a short fat man whose Lear looked like Falstaff pretending to be Henry IV.51 The most ...
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... actor calling upon the aid of the stage machinist , and the paraphernalia of stage illusion . The creation of the storm in Act III , indeed its staging gener- ally , had not seemed until this period to be a particularly important ...
... actor calling upon the aid of the stage machinist , and the paraphernalia of stage illusion . The creation of the storm in Act III , indeed its staging gener- ally , had not seemed until this period to be a particularly important ...
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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