The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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David Klein. THE THEATER ON THE DEFENSIVE Thomas Heywood , in his Apology for Actors ( 1612 ) , deplores the fact that poets and playwrights have themselves been remiss in the face of the onslaught on poetry and the theater : And ...
David Klein. THE THEATER ON THE DEFENSIVE Thomas Heywood , in his Apology for Actors ( 1612 ) , deplores the fact that poets and playwrights have themselves been remiss in the face of the onslaught on poetry and the theater : And ...
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... theater was not adequate ( Advancement , Bk . II , Ch . 13 ) : Dramatic poetry , which has the theater for its world , would be of excellent use if it were sound ; for the discipline and corruption of the theater are of very great ...
... theater was not adequate ( Advancement , Bk . II , Ch . 13 ) : Dramatic poetry , which has the theater for its world , would be of excellent use if it were sound ; for the discipline and corruption of the theater are of very great ...
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... theater the voice had to be raised above what was required in the indoor theater . Poetaster . IV ii : Lupus . Speak lower ; you are not now i ' your theater , stager . Disapproval of overacting is voiced in the Induction to The Staple ...
... theater the voice had to be raised above what was required in the indoor theater . Poetaster . IV ii : Lupus . Speak lower ; you are not now i ' your theater , stager . Disapproval of overacting is voiced in the Induction to The Staple ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
SHAKESPEARE | 243 |
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