Shakespeare's Dramatic Challenge: On the Rise of Shakespeare's Tragic HeroesFirst published in 2002. This is the Volume III of the five G. Wilson Knight collected works series and focuses on Shakespeare’s tragic heroes for his early to later tragedies or Timon of Athens, Anthony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. This book has grown from Knight’s dramatic recital 'Shakespeare's Dramatic Challenge', and therefore includes a prefatory note on his stage experience. The complete record, with illustrations, has already been documented in Shakespearian Production (enlarged 1964), but a rather more personal account is offered here. |
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... : it is important to realise that my dramatic recital lies behind my whole book, however 'academic' some of the discussions may appear. Exeter, Summer 1976 G.W.K. Foreword Since this book has grown from my dramatic recital.
... : it is important to realise that my dramatic recital lies behind my whole book, however 'academic' some of the discussions may appear. Exeter, Summer 1976 G.W.K. Foreword Since this book has grown from my dramatic recital.
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... appear to stand apart from my stage work, but such a judgement would be superficial. My commentaries have always been characterised by exploitation of what Nietzsche calls the 'Dionysian' element in drama; far more so, by the way, than ...
... appear to stand apart from my stage work, but such a judgement would be superficial. My commentaries have always been characterised by exploitation of what Nietzsche calls the 'Dionysian' element in drama; far more so, by the way, than ...
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... am honoured by the attention given to me by such artists . One last word : it is important to realise that my dramatic recital lies behind my whole book , however ' academic ' some of the discussions may appear . Exeter , Summer 1976 ...
... am honoured by the attention given to me by such artists . One last word : it is important to realise that my dramatic recital lies behind my whole book , however ' academic ' some of the discussions may appear . Exeter , Summer 1976 ...
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... appear to stand apart from my stage work , but such a judgement would be superficial . My commentaries have always been characterised by exploitation of what Nietzsche calls the ' Dionysian ' element in drama ; far more so , by the way ...
... appear to stand apart from my stage work , but such a judgement would be superficial . My commentaries have always been characterised by exploitation of what Nietzsche calls the ' Dionysian ' element in drama ; far more so , by the way ...
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... appears in my Shakespearian Production ( 1964 ) . The late C.B. Purdom , biographer of Granville - Barker , wrote to me : ' You attempted a task such as not even the greatest actors have tried , and you succeeded through sheer ...
... appears in my Shakespearian Production ( 1964 ) . The late C.B. Purdom , biographer of Granville - Barker , wrote to me : ' You attempted a task such as not even the greatest actors have tried , and you succeeded through sheer ...
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