On Producing ShakespeareB. Blom, 1964 - 335 pages |
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Page 11
... theatre . Amid a bewildering variety of experiments in new methods of presentation , one fact emerges with unmistakable clarity - that never since the closing of the theatres in 1642 has a play of his been performed in the conditions ...
... theatre . Amid a bewildering variety of experiments in new methods of presentation , one fact emerges with unmistakable clarity - that never since the closing of the theatres in 1642 has a play of his been performed in the conditions ...
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... theatre are more specialised in their functions : many of the Globe hired men were no doubt Johannes Factotum , and if there is any truth in the tradition mentioned by Malone that Shakespeare's " first office in the theatre was that of ...
... theatre are more specialised in their functions : many of the Globe hired men were no doubt Johannes Factotum , and if there is any truth in the tradition mentioned by Malone that Shakespeare's " first office in the theatre was that of ...
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... theatre . Shakespeare's genius con- sisted not only in the creation of pure poetry and in the deeply sensitive understanding of the human heart , but also in transforming his theatre by poetical means into a whole world of the ...
... theatre . Shakespeare's genius con- sisted not only in the creation of pure poetry and in the deeply sensitive understanding of the human heart , but also in transforming his theatre by poetical means into a whole world of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO SECOND EDITION i | 16 |
THE PLAYHOUSE | 17 |
THE PROMPT BOOK | 25 |
Copyright | |
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