The Tragedian: An Essay on the Histrionic Genius of Junius Brutus BoothHurd and Houghton, 1868 - 189 pages |
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... fire blasts of a volcanic energy , that power of instant and tremendous concentration of pas- sion , which was one constituent of his genius . Yet it was curious to observe a crowded and tumultuous pit , with its new comers strug- gling ...
... fire blasts of a volcanic energy , that power of instant and tremendous concentration of pas- sion , which was one constituent of his genius . Yet it was curious to observe a crowded and tumultuous pit , with its new comers strug- gling ...
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... defied the set rules of elocution . It transcended music . It " brought airs from heaven and blasts from hell . " It struggled and smothered in the pent fires of passion , or " " darted from them as in tongues of flame 20 THE TRAGEDIAN .
... defied the set rules of elocution . It transcended music . It " brought airs from heaven and blasts from hell . " It struggled and smothered in the pent fires of passion , or " " darted from them as in tongues of flame 20 THE TRAGEDIAN .
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... fire , the na- ture , the genius of his favorite , confesses to his " inharmonious voice . " The voice obeys the emotion which dominates and employs it , and the pathos of Kean's utterance , partic- ularly in certain passages of Othello ...
... fire , the na- ture , the genius of his favorite , confesses to his " inharmonious voice . " The voice obeys the emotion which dominates and employs it , and the pathos of Kean's utterance , partic- ularly in certain passages of Othello ...
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... fire ; and it is the peculiar prop- erty of histrionic genius to cherish , manipu- late , and apply the flame . Yet in the finest results of all art there is something indepen- dent of the will . Mr. Booth was perhaps the most unequal ...
... fire ; and it is the peculiar prop- erty of histrionic genius to cherish , manipu- late , and apply the flame . Yet in the finest results of all art there is something indepen- dent of the will . Mr. Booth was perhaps the most unequal ...
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... fire of eye and action , to give form to air , to bring a voice out of the silent past , and to conjure up before him a kingly and inspiring presence . RICHARD III . We do not quarrel with Colley Cibber 36 THE TRAGEDIAN .
... fire of eye and action , to give form to air , to bring a voice out of the silent past , and to conjure up before him a kingly and inspiring presence . RICHARD III . We do not quarrel with Colley Cibber 36 THE TRAGEDIAN .
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acter action actor appeared audience Banquo bare bodkin beauty blood Booth gave Brabantio brain Brutus Cassio char character charm City Madam Cordelia delight Desdemona dramatic Edmund Kean emotion emphasis expression face father fear feeling filled Garrick genius gesture ghost Goneril grandeur grief Guest Hamlet hand heard heart heaven histrionic Iago Iago's imagination intense intonation Kean's king kingly Lady Lady Macbeth Lamb's Lear light lines listener living look Lord Lovel Macbeth madness manner meaning melancholy mood murder nature ness never noble OCTAVIAN Othello pass passage passion pathos pause pay Old Debts performance Pescara phrase play players Polonius preter Regan resonant Richard Roderigo scene scorn seemed Shake Shakespeare Shylock silent Sir Giles soliloquy soul sound speak speech spirit stage stroke subtle supernatural sword tender theatre thee Third Act thou thought tion tones touch TRAGEDIAN tragedy truth uttered voice wonder words
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