On Producing ShakespeareM. Joseph, 1950 - 335 pages |
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... 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 ( a theatre fundamentally different from the modern picture stage ) , and for a particular repertory com- pany of players , whose tradition of acting was by necessity more imaginative and versatile than that needed by our actors ...
... theatre ( a theatre fundamentally different from the modern picture stage ) , and for a particular repertory com- pany of players , whose tradition of acting was by necessity more imaginative and versatile than that needed by our actors ...
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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 ...
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