A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic CriticismsG. Bell & sons, 1906 - 358 pages |
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... object and circumstance seems to exist in his mind as it existed in nature ; each several train of 1 Hamlet , III , ii , 6-9 , altered . 2 A series of pictures painted on commission for Alderman John Boydell , and first exhibited in ...
... object and circumstance seems to exist in his mind as it existed in nature ; each several train of 1 Hamlet , III , ii , 6-9 , altered . 2 A series of pictures painted on commission for Alderman John Boydell , and first exhibited in ...
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... object , and this is an interpolation on the part since we first saw it , suggested ( we șuppose ) by friends . It is a hackneyed and cheap way of producing a laugh , un- worthy of the true comic genius of Liston . 1 In the air " If o ...
... object , and this is an interpolation on the part since we first saw it , suggested ( we șuppose ) by friends . It is a hackneyed and cheap way of producing a laugh , un- worthy of the true comic genius of Liston . 1 In the air " If o ...
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... object most to the latter . Signor Tramezzani is really too prodigal of his physical accomplishments : his acting is quite of the amatory kind . We see no reason why Æneas , because Dido takes him by the hand , should ogle the sweet ...
... object most to the latter . Signor Tramezzani is really too prodigal of his physical accomplishments : his acting is quite of the amatory kind . We see no reason why Æneas , because Dido takes him by the hand , should ogle the sweet ...
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... object to this mechanical uniformity as studied and artificial . All act- ing is studied or artificial . An actor is no more called upon to vary his gestures or articulation at every new rehearsal of the character , than an author can ...
... object to this mechanical uniformity as studied and artificial . All act- ing is studied or artificial . An actor is no more called upon to vary his gestures or articulation at every new rehearsal of the character , than an author can ...
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... at being banished from the object of his love , his voice sud- 1 An allusion to Romeo , 11 , ii , 166 . 2 Othello , III , iii , 348 sqq . denly stops , and falters , and is choked with 50 A View of the English Stage .
... at being banished from the object of his love , his voice sud- 1 An allusion to Romeo , 11 , ii , 166 . 2 Othello , III , iii , 348 sqq . denly stops , and falters , and is choked with 50 A View of the English Stage .
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