All Semblative a Woman's Part?: Studies in the Staging of and Audience Response to Boy Actors in Sexual Disguise in the Elizabethan Theatre 1580-1615H. Gras, 1991 - 583 pages |
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... heart , which never ceaseth from killing , then an effeminate heart , which is wholly addicted to loving ; so if musicke can make warriers womanish , it will consequently render them quiet , tractable , and peacable . 124 The passions ...
... heart , which never ceaseth from killing , then an effeminate heart , which is wholly addicted to loving ; so if musicke can make warriers womanish , it will consequently render them quiet , tractable , and peacable . 124 The passions ...
Page 389
... hearts to set their forms " ( 11. 28-29 ) cuts two ways : of course Olivia's waxen heart has the imprint of Cesario , a " proper false " -- beautiful but fictive But the manner in which an actor introjected his role , the way ' custom ...
... hearts to set their forms " ( 11. 28-29 ) cuts two ways : of course Olivia's waxen heart has the imprint of Cesario , a " proper false " -- beautiful but fictive But the manner in which an actor introjected his role , the way ' custom ...
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... heart , as the seat of the vital spirit ) , which debates with reason ( the brains ) at 4.2.9 . In this debate reason , not madness , triumphs ( 1. 14 ) . Olivia had already given a ring to Cesario ( 1.5.305 , 2.2 ) , followed by the ...
... heart , as the seat of the vital spirit ) , which debates with reason ( the brains ) at 4.2.9 . In this debate reason , not madness , triumphs ( 1. 14 ) . Olivia had already given a ring to Cesario ( 1.5.305 , 2.2 ) , followed by the ...
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