Shakespeare on the Stage
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ISBN13: 9780217053594
Paperback|9780217053594
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: evitable in an actor who is, intrinsically, a low comedian. Mr. Greet's obvious self-complacency, not to say assurance, and his high, thin voice suit well with MalvoUo, and, though the lack of genuine austerity, individual weight, and almost truculent dignity made itself apparent, ?those qualities being essential to justify this actor's passionate intensity at the moment of Malvolio's final exit, ?the impersonation was highly commendable, and it is remembered as by far the best that Mr. Greet has given on our Stage.; MISS MARLOWE.?SOTHERN-MARLOWE. Julia Marlowe first acted(Viola in 1887, ?appearing in that part at the old Star Theatre, December 14, that year, with Joseph Haworth as Malvolio, ? and, since then, she has repeated and developed her impersonation by performances in many different places and in various associations. Her best and representative embodiment of Viola, rounded and polished in the light of her mature experience alike of life and art, has been given within comparatively recent years, in association with E. H. Sothern, as Malvolio. The production of Twelfth Night that those actors accomplished at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, on November 13, 1905, was remarkable chiefly for the excellence of their acting.Miss Marlowe's Viola is remembered as the most truthful, effective, and charming realization of that romantic character which has been placed before the American audience within recent years. It is the best of all her Shakespearean personations, because true in ideal, lovely in spirit, and definite in execution. She possessed the personal beauty, the sensibility of temperament, and the melodious, sympathetic voice requisite for the part, and, in the acting of it, her art was so fine and under such admirable control that she created the illusion of.
| ISBN-13 | 9780217053594 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217053599 |
| Weight | 1.31 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.90 In |
| List Price | $24.21 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 404 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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