The Glory of ShakespearePrinted at the Dolmen Press, 1968 - 74 pages |
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... characters in his plays . As there were no actresses he made use of boy actors to play women's parts therefore he usually made his women character parts shorter in duration than his men . Lady Macbeth is not nearly so long as the character ...
... characters in his plays . As there were no actresses he made use of boy actors to play women's parts therefore he usually made his women character parts shorter in duration than his men . Lady Macbeth is not nearly so long as the character ...
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... characters as well as with words in his early works . Later on , as he gains experience , in The Merchant of Venice ... women characters of Portia , Beatrice , and Rosalind . Another unique manifestation of Shakespeare's power is his ...
... characters as well as with words in his early works . Later on , as he gains experience , in The Merchant of Venice ... women characters of Portia , Beatrice , and Rosalind . Another unique manifestation of Shakespeare's power is his ...
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... characters were drawn from local observations ; that his disreputables , boasters , nincom- poops , fools , dullards ... women . He was able to get inside them , underneath their skin , so that he understood their habits , peculiarities ...
... characters were drawn from local observations ; that his disreputables , boasters , nincom- poops , fools , dullards ... women . He was able to get inside them , underneath their skin , so that he understood their habits , peculiarities ...
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Shakespeares Craft and the Elizabethan Theatre page | 9 |
Sixteenth Century Costume with Reference to Fashion | 23 |
Acting Speech and Dialect | 35 |
Copyright | |
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