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less sctisfied, but the kissing hrd bee,., "still more
unpleasant" in Irving's version. Could any compromise be
found?
I crnnot but ,;ish thtt 'iss Anderson hrd been
pciviseu to orr,- n ;_,o the whole st- ^,e business of
this scene differently. The b.-sirios-j, es now arranged,
concentrates attention upon an action to
which only the noot skili'ul menagemont...and
the most delicate acting on the part of Komeo,
could possibly reconcile the tcst-j of «?, niocern
audience.
Humphreys perceived that change in soci; 1 conventions made
the passage difficult - lii.e the soliloquy and the tire, e,
displays of eifectption on st£ ,e were now associated with
fcrcn, then, to the change in sociel end. t; ettric? 1 CJf Ro ieo tnt
Juliet s.'as obliged to rssrult the phono^eucil sc-xu.. 1 p.i.ilijtinisn
oi the ^.n.;' lishritn.
one of the consequences of this tttituao v;; s th; t, k .hon
a nature actres^ ;-layed the part of Juliet, t'ie "love-j, ssages"
- as The Saturday Rsviev.1 pointed out - ''oetoiiorrtc^ri into :.•
iatri 0UG", and the youn^, girl bee :e a iiciv-erite u; utier.
rii^.t:: noted tii.-.t Juliet was "hardly a y >un l_. ... irl viiom -other.,
,,'julc: reconraenfi as t model to ti.eir df u^btc.-s", ; uci. t. < t it
w. s nocess; ry to nagniiy the pjiG^i^n >f the plc.y, ao as to
"forgive" her i or. arc boi aviour lo ,j JV^uber). A.C. S .»r. ,ae