King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page 161
... opening scene , and Garrick cut it as early as 1756 , before his more extensive revisions in the late 1760s . Scene 1 For Macready , Charles Kean and Irving this was IV.2 , after , in Macready's case , the truncated scene of the ...
... opening scene , and Garrick cut it as early as 1756 , before his more extensive revisions in the late 1760s . Scene 1 For Macready , Charles Kean and Irving this was IV.2 , after , in Macready's case , the truncated scene of the ...
Page 203
... opening arms to admit Edgar . Komisarjevsky , whose productions leant heavily on beauti- ful stage pictures of a different kind , echoed his opening effect here by using the huge daffodil - like trumpets that had heralded Lear's entry ...
... opening arms to admit Edgar . Komisarjevsky , whose productions leant heavily on beauti- ful stage pictures of a different kind , echoed his opening effect here by using the huge daffodil - like trumpets that had heralded Lear's entry ...
Page 221
... opening , as did the text Garrick eventually evolved for himself ; but J.P. Kemble and Edmund Kean both went back to Tate's quite different opening for the play . Its purpose is to set up a clearcut and recognisable action , with ...
... opening , as did the text Garrick eventually evolved for himself ; but J.P. Kemble and Edmund Kean both went back to Tate's quite different opening for the play . Its purpose is to set up a clearcut and recognisable action , with ...
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