How To Become A Musical Critic By Bernard Shaw |
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Page 115
... actor as to other men , leisure means light . He may not always make a good use of his leisure ; but in that case he ... actor who knows one part , and consequently one play thoroughly , is superior to the actor who can scramble with ...
... actor as to other men , leisure means light . He may not always make a good use of his leisure ; but in that case he ... actor who knows one part , and consequently one play thoroughly , is superior to the actor who can scramble with ...
Page 155
... actor by the ordinary standard , whereas formerly at Covent Garden , where he was expected to play Peter the Great , Valen- tine , Telramond , Hoel , and Don Juan within a fortnight , he was only an actor by courtesy , and by contrast ...
... actor by the ordinary standard , whereas formerly at Covent Garden , where he was expected to play Peter the Great , Valen- tine , Telramond , Hoel , and Don Juan within a fortnight , he was only an actor by courtesy , and by contrast ...
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... actor was right , because he had been accustomed to rehearse the part for Charles Kean , and therefore had learnt every step , gesture , and inflection of that eminent tragedian's play . Unfortunately , he was not Charles Kean ...
... actor was right , because he had been accustomed to rehearse the part for Charles Kean , and therefore had learnt every step , gesture , and inflection of that eminent tragedian's play . Unfortunately , he was not Charles Kean ...
Contents
HOW TO BECOME A MUSICAL | 1 |
THE EMERGENCE OF BASSETTO The 1880s | 45 |
THE WELLTEMPERED CRITIC The 1890s | 175 |
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