On Producing ShakespeareM. Joseph, 1950 - 335 pages |
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Ronald Watkins. 5 THE POET'S STAGECRAFT ITHERTO we have considered the playhouse , the prompt- book , the Book - Keeper's problems , and the accomplishments of the players : it is now time to turn to the poet himself , and re - study his ...
Ronald Watkins. 5 THE POET'S STAGECRAFT ITHERTO we have considered the playhouse , the prompt- book , the Book - Keeper's problems , and the accomplishments of the players : it is now time to turn to the poet himself , and re - study his ...
Page 199
... poet's play . After all , almost all that we have left of Shakespeare is the spoken word : the stage- directions are of the shortest , and seldom descriptive of elaborate action or atmospheric subtlety ; the scene - headings are hardly ...
... poet's play . After all , almost all that we have left of Shakespeare is the spoken word : the stage- directions are of the shortest , and seldom descriptive of elaborate action or atmospheric subtlety ; the scene - headings are hardly ...
Page 205
... poet's tricks are not finished yet . Changing his voice and his manner , Edgar pretends to find the old man huddled at the bottom of the precipice . The opposite illusion , of looking up from below , is again created by poetical means ...
... poet's tricks are not finished yet . Changing his voice and his manner , Edgar pretends to find the old man huddled at the bottom of the precipice . The opposite illusion , of looking up from below , is again created by poetical means ...
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