The Tragedian: An Essay on the Histrionic Genius of Junius Brutus BoothB. Blom, 1971 - 189 pages |
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... give , with a considerate and responsible decision , the sacred name of genius . This word is too often profaned . We do not intend either to cumber or distract the reader's mind with a new definition . But it will be found equally true ...
... give , with a considerate and responsible decision , the sacred name of genius . This word is too often profaned . We do not intend either to cumber or distract the reader's mind with a new definition . But it will be found equally true ...
Page 111
... gives her the benefit of it in saying- " That commonly ( slight pause ) rebels . ” The history of the handkerchief ... give the very impress of divination . " And bid me , when my fate would have me wive . " His look reached upward ...
... gives her the benefit of it in saying- " That commonly ( slight pause ) rebels . ” The history of the handkerchief ... give the very impress of divination . " And bid me , when my fate would have me wive . " His look reached upward ...
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... give to the reply of Lear — ' Ay , every inch a king ! ' the same vehemence and emphasis that Mr. Booth did , and in this he was justified ; for , in the text , it is an exclamation of indignant irony , not of conscious superiority ...
... give to the reply of Lear — ' Ay , every inch a king ! ' the same vehemence and emphasis that Mr. Booth did , and in this he was justified ; for , in the text , it is an exclamation of indignant irony , not of conscious superiority ...
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acter action actor appeared audience Banquo bare bodkin beauty blood Booth gave Brabantio brain Brutus Cassio char character charm City Madam Desdemona dramatic Edmund Kean emphasis expression face father fear feeling filled Garrick genius gesture Goneril grandeur grief Guest Hamlet hand heard heart heaven histrionic Iago Iago's imagination intense intonation JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH Kean's king kingly Lady Lamb's Lear light lines listener living look Lord Lovel Macbeth madness manner meaning melancholy mood murder nature ness never noble OCTAVIAN Othello pass passage passion pathos pause pay Old Debts performance Pescara phrase play players Polonius preter Regan representation resonant Richard Roderigo scene scorn seemed Shake Shakespeare Shylock silent Sir Giles soliloquy soul sound speak speech spirit stage strange stroke subtle supernatural sword tender theatre thee Third Act thou thought tion tones touch TRAGEDIAN tragedy truth uttered voice wonder words