King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page 29
... effect was admired as historic and realistic , and not interfering with the action.57 Irving surpassed all these in the naturalism of his storm effects ; so much was this the expected thing at the Lyceum that few critics bother to say ...
... effect was admired as historic and realistic , and not interfering with the action.57 Irving surpassed all these in the naturalism of his storm effects ; so much was this the expected thing at the Lyceum that few critics bother to say ...
Page 36
... 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 conception of the role of Lear was ...
... 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 conception of the role of Lear was ...
Page 135
... effects , and indeed other major scenes , were underpinned with music . In 1946 the Fool lamented alone in the background ; this made one reviewer recall the much greater effect of Gielgud and Stephen Haggard clinging together for ...
... effects , and indeed other major scenes , were underpinned with music . In 1946 the Fool lamented alone in the background ; this made one reviewer recall the much greater effect of Gielgud and Stephen Haggard clinging together for ...
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