A Shakespeare PrimerAMS Press, 1971 - 224 pages |
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Page 63
... contain cuts and would therefore differ to some extent from the author's manuscript . A play assembled from actors ' parts might also contain cuts , as well as minor additions , such as gags . Obviously , therefore , the plays in the ...
... contain cuts and would therefore differ to some extent from the author's manuscript . A play assembled from actors ' parts might also contain cuts , as well as minor additions , such as gags . Obviously , therefore , the plays in the ...
Page 76
... contains 448 lines of prose ; the other two parts of the trilogy , none . Each part contains a small number of pentameter lines that rime— fewer than 600 in the three plays . The blank verse of Part I is less rigid than that of the ...
... contains 448 lines of prose ; the other two parts of the trilogy , none . Each part contains a small number of pentameter lines that rime— fewer than 600 in the three plays . The blank verse of Part I is less rigid than that of the ...
Page 139
... contains improbable , if not impossible , situations and romantic episodes . But the improbabilities of plot and the loosely knit structure of the play are more than compensated for by the exquisite poetry— especially that of the fourth ...
... contains improbable , if not impossible , situations and romantic episodes . But the improbabilities of plot and the loosely knit structure of the play are more than compensated for by the exquisite poetry— especially that of the fourth ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
England in the Time of Shakespeare | 9 |
Shakespeares Works | 56 |
Copyright | |
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