Leigh Hunt's Dramatic Criticism, 1808-1831, Volume 10Columbia University Press, 1949 - 347 pages |
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Page 315
... comedy : • the two theatres we prefer are Drury - Lane and the Haymarket , probably because they both deal principally in comedy , and thus afford us the pleasantest_associations . Of tragedies there are quite sufficient in the real ...
... comedy : • the two theatres we prefer are Drury - Lane and the Haymarket , probably because they both deal principally in comedy , and thus afford us the pleasantest_associations . Of tragedies there are quite sufficient in the real ...
Page 328
... comedy or tragedy . We allude in the latter to Coriolanus . They came from Rome ; and there is something in the Roman genius that strikes as cold as the marble of their buildings . It is impossible for the spectators ' imagination ...
... comedy or tragedy . We allude in the latter to Coriolanus . They came from Rome ; and there is something in the Roman genius that strikes as cold as the marble of their buildings . It is impossible for the spectators ' imagination ...
Page 339
... Comedy of Errors , 327 ; The Conscious Lovers , 35-37 , 300 ; Corio- lanus , 223-25 , 326-27 ; Henry VIII , 286-88 , 336 ; Julius Caesar , 65-68 , 304 ; King Lear revived , 15-20 , 295- 98 ; The Messiah , 261-63 , 332-33 ; mock ...
... Comedy of Errors , 327 ; The Conscious Lovers , 35-37 , 300 ; Corio- lanus , 223-25 , 326-27 ; Henry VIII , 286-88 , 336 ; Julius Caesar , 65-68 , 304 ; King Lear revived , 15-20 , 295- 98 ; The Messiah , 261-63 , 332-33 ; mock ...
Contents
CRITICISM ON SHAKSPEARES MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 3 |
MR YOUNGS MERITS CONSIDERED | 21 |
THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS | 35 |
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