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... detail but a very little study will show that most West End managements are above all opportunist ; they have no con- tinuous policy except the policy of ensuring profits ( and they're not always so clever at that , judging by the regu ...
... detail but a very little study will show that most West End managements are above all opportunist ; they have no con- tinuous policy except the policy of ensuring profits ( and they're not always so clever at that , judging by the regu ...
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... detail about how to produce plays and the techni- cal mysteries of acting but at the same time , to avoid dull- ness , we hope to tell you more as we go along about the atmosphere and people in both amateur and professional theatre ...
... detail about how to produce plays and the techni- cal mysteries of acting but at the same time , to avoid dull- ness , we hope to tell you more as we go along about the atmosphere and people in both amateur and professional theatre ...
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... detail on all four aspects of speech , and to give you exercises for them . The possible way to benefit from these exercises is to practise them , but by far the best thing of all is to find a good teacher and take lessons from him or ...
... detail on all four aspects of speech , and to give you exercises for them . The possible way to benefit from these exercises is to practise them , but by far the best thing of all is to find a good teacher and take lessons from him or ...
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... detail on vowels than we have been able to do here , but our aim has been to give you a sensible introduction to them . If the subject interests you then you'll be wise to find a good teacher , or at least to choose one of several ...
... detail on vowels than we have been able to do here , but our aim has been to give you a sensible introduction to them . If the subject interests you then you'll be wise to find a good teacher , or at least to choose one of several ...
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... detail when we come to the chapter on a typical little theatre , The Questors , who are building their own , ex- tremely , interesting new theatre . The true dramatist and actor have always tried to ex- press something vital , to touch ...
... detail when we come to the chapter on a typical little theatre , The Questors , who are building their own , ex- tremely , interesting new theatre . The true dramatist and actor have always tried to ex- press something vital , to touch ...
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Page 48 - I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly : thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest...
Page 37 - My soul is an enchanted boat, Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing...
Page 61 - You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey ? Many a time and oft Have you climbed up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 52 - And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats.
Page 44 - We heard the sweet bells over the bay ? In the caverns where we lay, Through the surf and through the swell, The far-off sound of a silver bell ? Sand-strewn caverns, cool and deep, Where the winds are all asleep ; Where the spent lights quiver and gleam ; Where the salt weed sways in the stream ; Where the...
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Page 42 - I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand...
Page 53 - There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling Of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling, Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, Little hands clapping and little tongues chattering, And, like fowls in a farmyard when barley is scattering Out came the children running. All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls...
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Page 62 - And do you now put on your best attire? And do you now cull out a holiday ? And do you now strew flowers in his way, That comes in triumph over Pompey's blood? Be gone! Run to your houses, fall upon your knees, Pray to the gods to intermit the plague That needs must light on this ingratitude.
References to this book
Drama Bibliography: A Short-title Guide to Extended Reading in Dramatic Art ... No preview available - 1971 |
Drama Bibliography: A Short-title Guide to Extended Reading in Dramatic Art ... No preview available - 1971 |