Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 12Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... magic , spirits , fairies . Today we don't believe in any one of those things and yet , perhaps , we do . The fairy imagery which the Victorian and even post- Victorian tradition has given us in relation to the Dream has to be rejected ...
... magic , spirits , fairies . Today we don't believe in any one of those things and yet , perhaps , we do . The fairy imagery which the Victorian and even post- Victorian tradition has given us in relation to the Dream has to be rejected ...
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... magic . You cannot have magic in an environment loud with passing aircraft and where actors are obliged to trumpet their lines to reach the back row ' [ Irving Wardle , The Times , 7 June 1970 ] . Brook sought the magic not in the ...
... magic . You cannot have magic in an environment loud with passing aircraft and where actors are obliged to trumpet their lines to reach the back row ' [ Irving Wardle , The Times , 7 June 1970 ] . Brook sought the magic not in the ...
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... magic box , not only to see the magic , but also to be shown what was up the magician's sleeve . Brook explained [ in the Daily Telegraph , 14 Septem- ber 1970 ] , Today we have no symbols that can conjure up fairyland and magic for a ...
... magic box , not only to see the magic , but also to be shown what was up the magician's sleeve . Brook explained [ in the Daily Telegraph , 14 Septem- ber 1970 ] , Today we have no symbols that can conjure up fairyland and magic for a ...
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The Merchant of Venice | 1 |
A Midsummer Nights Dream | 141 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 306 |
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