King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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... face ; and that the inexpressible is precisely the thing that the great actor can make us understand . In describing the effect on audiences of those tones and expressions , and all the other business of the stage , the editors hope to ...
... face ; and that the inexpressible is precisely the thing that the great actor can make us understand . In describing the effect on audiences of those tones and expressions , and all the other business of the stage , the editors hope to ...
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... face and of movement . It is an important reminder of the intimacy of the seventeenth- and eighteenth - century playhouse that acting with the face could be the means of such success . She was followed in the role by a succession of ...
... face and of movement . It is an important reminder of the intimacy of the seventeenth- and eighteenth - century playhouse that acting with the face could be the means of such success . She was followed in the role by a succession of ...
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... face the critical expectation raised by this famous moment . Most adopted the custom of kneeling , to appeal to heaven and the audience . J.P. Kemble paused momentously , looking at the ground , as if to wind himself up , before rushing ...
... face the critical expectation raised by this famous moment . Most adopted the custom of kneeling , to appeal to heaven and the audience . J.P. Kemble paused momentously , looking at the ground , as if to wind himself up , before rushing ...
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