King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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... present the wars in a way that does not drag the play to a standstill . Many , like Henry Irving , have cut ruthlessly , despairing of getting the audience to follow the battles and relying on the effect of Lear's big scenes . Others ...
... present the wars in a way that does not drag the play to a standstill . Many , like Henry Irving , have cut ruthlessly , despairing of getting the audience to follow the battles and relying on the effect of Lear's big scenes . Others ...
Page 34
... present itself to the rest of the nineteenth century . It was not as popular a play as the other Shakespearean tragedies ; the mounting sense of its importance and its ultimate power to defeat all attempts to master it , which stemmed ...
... present itself to the rest of the nineteenth century . It was not as popular a play as the other Shakespearean tragedies ; the mounting sense of its importance and its ultimate power to defeat all attempts to master it , which stemmed ...
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... present , and how much of an illusion his audience might have been under about the presence of a cliff . Derek Peat makes an interesting suggestion . Shakespeare , he says , is exploiting the expectation of his audience that scenery ...
... present , and how much of an illusion his audience might have been under about the presence of a cliff . Derek Peat makes an interesting suggestion . Shakespeare , he says , is exploiting the expectation of his audience that scenery ...
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