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295 written by <strong>Shakespeare</strong> wrs appropriate to any play written by him* Among the other chief tenets of the manager's feith was the belief that a play should be split upinto a number of tableaux, to show off a series of imposing staê settings. Mervin Felheira points out thet, in the case of The Merchant of Venice (I£v9)» the result was "a curiously static quality" an impressive st; teliness in which Portia reigned as a rare and exotic, but hardly i urn, n, figure. 5 This suited not only the lavish and heavy sets, but the talents of Ada Rehan* Shaw aotmired the actress *s powefc and charm, and his criticism of Daly»s productions amounts to a lament that so crude an employment shoulc keep Miss Rehan from higher1 things - the same contention emerges from his criticism of Irving*s productions, by which *,llen Terry was prevented from aiding the cause of the net. drtma. The magic of the Lyceum had little effect on ohc .: I escaped the illusion solely because I was a dramatist, and wanted Ellen Terry for my o..n plays.^ For others the magic of Daly f s theatre, no less than that of Irving, wj.s unimpeded by such considerations. illiam Winter, whose acrairation of Adr. Rehc.n kne, no bounds, folio, ea a glov.in^ description oi Rosalind vith the claim that to impersonate such a character, rn actress must be possessed f the same fascination: »»»s iritually pure, intellectually brilliant, physicelly h&ndsome, lithe, i n ent anc tenderthi inccruation of glo in^, he; 1th, bev/itching sensibility, passionate tempera,.ent, and captiv;tin CJ personal chrrn... The inference folio s thtt Hiss Rohan is t-ll these things, ana it leacs .inter to the assertion th.t his inability tJ distinguish bet..een the verse and prose of the part,as plcycd by Miss Rehan, was a glorious achievement of her Oenius: ,».t:ey 1; psed into one uniform current of melody, so that no*listener remembered that the text is composite*i.» Clement Scott - who was, after all, bein0 paid far services to her manager - ..rote to Ada Rehan in 18VO oxpressint, his
296 delight in her Ros«- lind: There is no success like thnt of a .•.omr.n c-oloveu by good Later, c€i resting her as "Deer enc gifted /rtist", he v;r ;te : We only see m Ade Reh^n once in ; lifetime and the fresh pure, ,^re, oi you h; s been v^ry ref rushing and s eet to me* A year's pi ygoing novfcit-yo is a v/earincs., but I c; n pick up* court-, e hen our opinions are strengthened by such an t i-t as yjurs*. Scott did not fine Daly's plrys or ^reductions un orthy oi this artist, but even those \;ho expressed a.mbt& concerning sono of the material v.hith v.hich she was provided felt the ep o 1 of her playing* Dithmar, reviewing The uoldon idow at Italy's theatre in Ke v York, offered such an opinion: one ,/ore her rich robes like a queen and enbocieo perfectly the ioeal >f a women oi esu Itcd station endowed ..ith youth, beauty, wit, anc imperial ill ana bourn. lose ..orlcly possessions* The t the personage her loV conpellec her to portrey i.£ s really a viin, silly, vapid ere; lure has nothint , to to ith the Cr-se, (iiO .. Jfprk, Times f 3 October 1L
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p o , PICTORIAL SHAKESPEARE, 1880-1
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SYNOPSIS This thesis ie in two volu
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VOLU.TE 0:iE Pace. Introduction i A
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11 of habits and jnnmivra, and ic h
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IV ACKHOWL.EnGEM PMT S I am gratefu
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vi 16 .^ccne from Daly's production
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In 1882 J.M.Stoddart, a Philadelphi
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artistic achievement is considerabl
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is of cource and obviously removed
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similar kind sought for the restora
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11 in the earliest dawn of literatu
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13 all conventional circles. It was
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and in Gothic times": In tho;:e tii
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Illustration 1 (b) Hughes, April Lo
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Illust ation 2 (b) Wate timiBe T Th
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17 Moore's independence took him to
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19 fetishism and the worship of lit
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21 felt to be essential in evoking
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23 the now movement was advocated a
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25 the wrong effect in a room, wher
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27 Chapter Two SHAKESPEARE CRITICIS
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29 possesses - and Mr Swinburne, th
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31 T '..e recognise the speech of t
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ihis tells us nv ch more about £>.
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35 (XVII .LGO-Lll,) . The Irving re
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37 This is a typical Wildean parado
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39 autocrat "not merely should desi
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41 series of "efforts to interpret
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4 O J before you, , ith ell their j
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iv. waiter ?at,er«n Pater publishe
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47 This view is re^-examined by the
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49 This description might be of the
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52 Henry V exhibits a contrast betw
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54 an air of grave thought, of an i
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56 Our firot question with regard t
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58 It has been suggest ed that one
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60 would earn "not more than £1,50
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62 hero* a faithful wife, and Geoff
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64 two procoedures can bo observed:
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66 speeches and tableaux. This was
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great a coincidence that Eva should
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70 aa well r.a to the theatre", but
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72 ing Ruth Holt and speaking with
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74 I note, by the bye, that Sweet L
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76 were produced, twelve of them re
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78 These changes in the way in whic
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Clayton in hie speech on the closin
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82 palled on many observers - the c
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84 maintain itself on its intellect
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66 were "becoming so nict and gente
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88 in the course of the century the
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PART 2-.VO The Production of Shakes
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9? On flarch -°4» 1874 reward Fit
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published a collection of Essays in
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96 who did can hardly have been una
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Aquarium" (p»15). Against this may
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-00 pictures: but always \vithout a
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102 of the three major "new" plays,
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Illustration 3 Following p.103 Elle
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105 tiat selects one episode from a
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107 The virtues of Irving*s stagecr
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109 the picturesque grappling in a
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Illust ation Ellen Terry as Lady Ma
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Ill up to i'Tacbeth and his vdfc -
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113 the inadequacy of his voice. Ar
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115 to be calm" when the ncv/s of C
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117 here", and folding his arras at
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119 of events, by the urgency of th
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Illustration 6 Following p.120
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122 to the ba.ok a grcnd effect is
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124 by the Doctor and "ihc Gentlewo
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126 Macbeth woo in continuous perfo
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128 SCliilE PAi;,-,i;rt t DESI&ITER
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130 Between 18?4 and 1875 Godwin ha
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132 The solution of this unadifying
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1..4 Alhainbra Theatre in December
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136 but ac. an architect and interi
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138 in the flcah the customs of t:i
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140 each of the plays in the Shakes
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142 the beauty of proportion, and t
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144 The etc c-Li;'ru'êraent of the
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146 considerable diplomacy in ceali
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148 We hope we are doing Sir iûire
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150 Chapter Three GODWIN, ..ILuOIi
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152 approval of literote and intel
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haa never been genarous to the Bard
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155 adornments, bold embroideries,
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156 good nctor" in modern comedy, w
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en rt- SB rt- O VJ1 •O
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-U9 Sola i i his Illustrated London
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lol an unusual chill in the air, wh
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' Captious Critic found him incongr
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signals to each, other surropticiou
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167 and would appear, from the prom
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109 "paddock" (Theoualrl*s emendati
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I O 1 o 0 Q 3 f* ; n « o o » § 6
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173 After learning of Polonius's mu
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; cl:ed u vt.'co t •.v;r.rc1 c a
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177 spade and lade ?r, evidently fo
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179 was current in the years of the
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11 Laciec and C-c: blcmon, - I woul
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1-3 ions to all and sundry. The pla
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165 Chapter Four. k-JiibHi£LD Arii
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To iill the Vc cant position - assu
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169 oi the early 'eighties often sh
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evidence in Ingomar (a play he admi
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193 Lady of Lyons would be retained
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195 by ? roviv.' 1 oi ty^n; lion,,
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197 (according to the interview) on
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199 period at all" and th
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201 not been token into account in
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203 the fray. Enter three or four c
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. Illust ation 10 Following p. 20k
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206 The first misfortune of the eve
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208 the back a row of three rounded
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210 notes the t "there seens little
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absent in both. Fron the balcony uo
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214 good deal". The Illustrated s_p
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216 £i:c! DIVJ obse ver useci "arc
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... .'lien Ju'ici, ;".s picked u by
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ia t.-is scene. In c; be f L.n ac-r
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2; 2 "picture" i^ruc as to ; ct-c'r
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c cy oi Subr, s ion all the no re s
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26 . to• orô the spocc t:>r..:>
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Uiot belor-/". 'iho i.t i'iy ,.o _o
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230 oi lc%uo lor icorôo tnu the re
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232 arausea . The merry-anarew" - G
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234 comings, the new Romeo and Juli
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236 On January 4, 1884 The Times ha
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c-38 propoial to present Browning's
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240 for 1884" (5 January 1884): Ret
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242 It was A%% to be exoccted that
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None of this was of avail: reviewer
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246 few stage-directions, and some
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248 to "Mr David James's chick-a-le
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344 virtue of his voice more than b
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proper person - one almost expected
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Illust:ation 18 Mrs Langtry as Cleo
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343 of the preparations for the bat
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35 J was left to the audience's pow
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352 unable to deny some power in Mr
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oversight of \vin,cfield's, or did
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356 The actress should take for gra
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"Isn't she Itoyall" "Isn't she " sn
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360 'illir.i Poel's collection of e
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362 lost in retrospect by contrast
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364 Artist (1087), but the emotiona
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SONDERDRUCK DEUTSCHE SHAKESPEARE-GE
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Designer and Director: E. W. Godwin
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