King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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... kind of education which only the theatre could provide , a realisation of the lesson in very impressive and incidentally enjoyable terms , giving a living , speaking picture of the past . The beginnings of a treatment of King Lear in ...
... kind of education which only the theatre could provide , a realisation of the lesson in very impressive and incidentally enjoyable terms , giving a living , speaking picture of the past . The beginnings of a treatment of King Lear in ...
Page 63
... kind father and loving children : ' a complacent , paternal aristocrat . . . he waddles flabbily , his near - senility is petulant ' ( J.C. Trewin , BP , 19 August 1959 ) . To others he seemed ' remote on his high throne ' , ' like an ...
... kind father and loving children : ' a complacent , paternal aristocrat . . . he waddles flabbily , his near - senility is petulant ' ( J.C. Trewin , BP , 19 August 1959 ) . To others he seemed ' remote on his high throne ' , ' like an ...
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... kind For which thou whip'st her . The usurer hangs the cozener . * Through tattered clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and furred gowns hide all . Plate sin with gold , And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks ; Arm it in rags ...
... kind For which thou whip'st her . The usurer hangs the cozener . * Through tattered clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and furred gowns hide all . Plate sin with gold , And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks ; Arm it in rags ...
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