A Shakespeare PrimerAMS Press, 1971 - 224 pages |
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... action . Save for a few of the episodical scenes in the guild plays , it re- lied on broad farce to catch and hold the interest of its audi- ences , which consisted largely of uneducated rustics . Its plots were crude and usually ...
... action . Save for a few of the episodical scenes in the guild plays , it re- lied on broad farce to catch and hold the interest of its audi- ences , which consisted largely of uneducated rustics . Its plots were crude and usually ...
Page 154
... actions occur , his method is to obscure the time element in order to give his audience a better idea of the wholeness of the action . The time encompassed by the action of Antony and Cleopatra 154 A Note on Reading Shakespeare.
... actions occur , his method is to obscure the time element in order to give his audience a better idea of the wholeness of the action . The time encompassed by the action of Antony and Cleopatra 154 A Note on Reading Shakespeare.
Page 155
... action in some distant place . Often , too , Shakespeare's sources were Continental , and he simply followed his source in locating the action . The scene of A Midsummer - Night's Dream , for instance , might just as well have been ...
... action in some distant place . Often , too , Shakespeare's sources were Continental , and he simply followed his source in locating the action . The scene of A Midsummer - Night's Dream , for instance , might just as well have been ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
England in the Time of Shakespeare | 9 |
Shakespeares Works | 56 |
Copyright | |
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