King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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... interpretation is to its social and cultural context . This seems , on the face of it , therefore , scarcely the place to talk about ' authenticity ' of interpretation . And yet when audiences responded as they did to Kean's Shylock ...
... interpretation is to its social and cultural context . This seems , on the face of it , therefore , scarcely the place to talk about ' authenticity ' of interpretation . And yet when audiences responded as they did to Kean's Shylock ...
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... interpretation of the part , and the protagonist mixed his rage , his madness and his pathos here in the proportions that he hoped to follow throughout . In keeping with Tate's simple Lear of choleric hot temper , Betterton is reported ...
... interpretation of the part , and the protagonist mixed his rage , his madness and his pathos here in the proportions that he hoped to follow throughout . In keeping with Tate's simple Lear of choleric hot temper , Betterton is reported ...
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... interpretation as far as possible from the grand and dignified ; the impression he made in the later scenes was therefore moving in a particularly intimate way , playing upon contemporary susceptibilities . Phelps made the pathos of his ...
... interpretation as far as possible from the grand and dignified ; the impression he made in the later scenes was therefore moving in a particularly intimate way , playing upon contemporary susceptibilities . Phelps made the pathos of his ...
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