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... Olivier's Macbeth marks the beginning of the end of a theatre - world that had persisted since the time of Shakespeare . In some cases the percolating rumours about the production seemed to have an essence of truth in them the story of ...
... Olivier's Macbeth marks the beginning of the end of a theatre - world that had persisted since the time of Shakespeare . In some cases the percolating rumours about the production seemed to have an essence of truth in them the story of ...
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... Olivier without being a character in itself . Maxine Audley emoted with theatrical largesse , but the best of her Lady Macduff was in her scream of terrified anguish . - Two players alone met the challenge of what Faulkner called Olivier's ...
... Olivier without being a character in itself . Maxine Audley emoted with theatrical largesse , but the best of her Lady Macduff was in her scream of terrified anguish . - Two players alone met the challenge of what Faulkner called Olivier's ...
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... Olivier employed its inanimation as if it were part of his own body . He wore it ( and this was particularly noticeable in the scene with the two murderers ) at a very slight tilt . Students of Olivier's way with classical tragedy might ...
... Olivier employed its inanimation as if it were part of his own body . He wore it ( and this was particularly noticeable in the scene with the two murderers ) at a very slight tilt . Students of Olivier's way with classical tragedy might ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The kingdom the power and the glory | 30 |
visual effects in Macbeth | 54 |
Copyright | |
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A.C. Bradley action actor ambiguity ambition audience Banquo becomes blood Cawdor character critics crown dagger dark deed dramatic effect Elizabethan England evil fear feel feudal Fleance gives Glamis guilt Hamlet hand Hecate Holinshed Holinshed's honour horror husband I.iii I.vii ideas imagery images of death imagination Jacobean James Keith Michell killing Duncan kind king kingship Lady Macbeth Lady Macduff look Malcolm mind monarchy moral murder Duncan murder of Duncan nature Nicol Williamson Olivier Olivier's performance perhaps Peter Hall play play's political present production prophecies reality recognises rhythm Richard III role royal Scotland seems sense Shake Shakespeare Shakespearean Tragedy Siddons significant sleep sleep-walking scene soliloquy speak speech stage Stratford-upon-Avon suggestion supernatural tanistry Thane Thane of Cawdor theatre thee theme thing thou thought tragedy virtues vision visual Weird Sisters Weyard wife Wilson Knight witchcraft witches woman women words