 ... not in the least due to the vanity and jealousy of the actor-manager: it is due to his popularity. The strongest fascination at a theatre is the fascination of the actor or actress, not of the author. More people go to the Lyceum Theatre to see Mr...  The Theatrical 'world'.: 1893-1897 - Page xviiby William Archer - 1895Full view - About this book
 | Jerry Lutz - 1974 - 188 pages
...sport." Irving's acting version is often irritating in what it omits, but it does not merit Shaw's remark "that if Mr Irving were to present himself in as mutilated...King Lear, a shriek of horror would go up from all London."7* The cuts in Lear do demonstrate Shaw's point that Irving had little literary sense; he has... | |
 | Bernard Frank Dukore - 1994 - 344 pages
...critic who cares. He hurled some of the nimblest darts in the history of the art. On the Lyceum Lrar; "It is certain that if Mr Irving were to present himself...as mutilated a condition as he presented King Lear [Shaw did not italicize titles], a shriek of horror would go up from all London." On the recently deceased... | |
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