King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page 61
... carried his crown . He wore false shoulders , a lace collar and white stockings . Planche , when he began to prepare his ' period ' King John in 1823 , poured scorn on the costuming of Kemble's Lear ( Herschel Baker , John Philip Kemble ...
... carried his crown . He wore false shoulders , a lace collar and white stockings . Planche , when he began to prepare his ' period ' King John in 1823 , poured scorn on the costuming of Kemble's Lear ( Herschel Baker , John Philip Kemble ...
Page 63
... carried out this effect by ' taking on the high throaty cackle and all the little wheezy impediments of a hale man of ninety who has still a good deal to say ; . . . his hands . . . hang nervily from the wrist ... his fingers becoming ...
... carried out this effect by ' taking on the high throaty cackle and all the little wheezy impediments of a hale man of ninety who has still a good deal to say ; . . . his hands . . . hang nervily from the wrist ... his fingers becoming ...
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... carry him off This is taken from III.6 , 11. 79-83 , and made Garrick's exit , carried off by Gloucester and Kent . The exit was controversial : Macklin , a fellow - actor whose view was perhaps soured by jealousy , called it a ' trick ...
... carry him off This is taken from III.6 , 11. 79-83 , and made Garrick's exit , carried off by Gloucester and Kent . The exit was controversial : Macklin , a fellow - actor whose view was perhaps soured by jealousy , called it a ' trick ...
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