King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page 21
... interpretation of the part , and the protagonist mixed his rage , his madness and his pathos here in the proportions that he hoped to follow throughout . In keeping with Tate's simple Lear of choleric hot temper , Betterton is reported ...
... interpretation of the part , and the protagonist mixed his rage , his madness and his pathos here in the proportions that he hoped to follow throughout . In keeping with Tate's simple Lear of choleric hot temper , Betterton is reported ...
Page 40
... interpretation as far as possible from the grand and dignified ; the impression he made in the later scenes was therefore moving in a particularly intimate way , playing upon contemporary susceptibilities . Phelps made the pathos of his ...
... interpretation as far as possible from the grand and dignified ; the impression he made in the later scenes was therefore moving in a particularly intimate way , playing upon contemporary susceptibilities . Phelps made the pathos of his ...
Page 179
... interpretation of Lear upon ' senility , rather than . . . madness ' ( Meadow- croft , p . 82 ) . He entered here on all fours , and crawling forward seized Gloucester's leg ( promptbook ) . 81-2 Edgar's choric comment has been ...
... interpretation of Lear upon ' senility , rather than . . . madness ' ( Meadow- croft , p . 82 ) . He entered here on all fours , and crawling forward seized Gloucester's leg ( promptbook ) . 81-2 Edgar's choric comment has been ...
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