A Treasury of the Theatre, Volume 1John Gassner Simon and Schuster, 1951 - Drama |
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Page 244
... nature to eternity . HAMLET : Ay , madam , it is common . QUEEN : If it be , Why seems it so particular with thee ? HAMLET : Seems , madam ! nay , it is ; I know not seems . ' Tis not alone my inky cloak , good mother , Nor customary ...
... nature to eternity . HAMLET : Ay , madam , it is common . QUEEN : If it be , Why seems it so particular with thee ? HAMLET : Seems , madam ! nay , it is ; I know not seems . ' Tis not alone my inky cloak , good mother , Nor customary ...
Page 386
... nature and to the norms established by the com- munity . Excess of any sort except a socially sanc- tioned excess ... nature , " but clipped its hedges into formal shapes . Nature was something that the rationalists liked to see tamed ...
... nature and to the norms established by the com- munity . Excess of any sort except a socially sanc- tioned excess ... nature , " but clipped its hedges into formal shapes . Nature was something that the rationalists liked to see tamed ...
Page 500
... Nature , wild and untamed , came to be represented in stage settings , although these did not differ radically from those in vogue since the Renaissance . ( The stage set still consisted of painted flats arranged in perspective and ...
... Nature , wild and untamed , came to be represented in stage settings , although these did not differ radically from those in vogue since the Renaissance . ( The stage set still consisted of painted flats arranged in perspective and ...
Common terms and phrases
3RD SHEPHERD AEACUS AESCHINUS Aeschylus ALCESTE ANASUYA ANTONIO AVOCATORE BLAZIUS blood BOSOLA BRIDAINE CAMILLE CÉLIMÈNE CHARLES SURFACE child CHORUS CLYTEMNESTRA comedy COMENDADOR CORBACCIO CORVINO CREON DANTON dead dear death DELIO DEMEA DIONYSUS drama DUCHESS Dushyanta Enter Euripides EVERYMAN Exeunt Exit eyes FAINALL father Faustus fear FERDINAND FRONDOSO Fuente Ovejuna give HAMLET hand hath hear heart heaven HECUBA HERACLES Hippolytus honor HORATIO JOCASTA JOSEPH SURFACE KING LADY POLITICK LADY SNEERWELL LADY TEAZLE LADY WISHFORT LAERTES LAURENCIA live look lord madam MARWOOD MATHAVYA MENAECHMUS EPIDAMNUM MENAECHMUS SOSICLES MENGO MEPHISTOPHELES MESSENIO MICIO MILLAMANT MIRABELL Molière MOSCA never OEDIPUS PENICULUS PERDICAN PEREGRINE PHILINTE play POLONIUS pray PRIYAMVADA QUEEN SCENE servant Shakuntala SIR OLIVER SIR PETER SIR POLITICK SIR WILFULL soul speak sweet SYRUS tell theatre thee THERAMENES there's Theseus thing thou VOLPONE VOLTORE wife WITWOUD woman words XANTHIAS