King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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... ( Macready's first restored version ) 1836 1838 Edmund Kean W.C. Macready W.C. Macready Edwin Forrest W.C. Macready ( with the Fool ) Fool : Priscilla Horton Samuel Phelps W.C. Macready Samuel Phelps Edwin Forrest W.C. Macready Ernesto ...
... ( Macready's first restored version ) 1836 1838 Edmund Kean W.C. Macready W.C. Macready Edwin Forrest W.C. Macready ( with the Fool ) Fool : Priscilla Horton Samuel Phelps W.C. Macready Samuel Phelps Edwin Forrest W.C. Macready Ernesto ...
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... Macready had a flair for visual effect , and he imprinted his pictures upon contemporary expectations of King Lear . These were to be the terms of com- mendation for the rest of the century , and indeed rather beyond . Macready's ...
... Macready had a flair for visual effect , and he imprinted his pictures upon contemporary expectations of King Lear . These were to be the terms of com- mendation for the rest of the century , and indeed rather beyond . Macready's ...
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... Macready crossed to the right of the stage , and sat on a bank to remove his boots . Donald Sinden tried to get Gloucester to take off his boots , but they both fell ; Lear then crawled to his old servant and took his head tenderly into ...
... Macready crossed to the right of the stage , and sat on a bank to remove his boots . Donald Sinden tried to get Gloucester to take off his boots , but they both fell ; Lear then crawled to his old servant and took his head tenderly into ...
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