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" As, in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard; no man cried, God save him... "
細說莎士比亞論文集: a collection of essays - Page 76
by 彭鏡禧 - 2004 - 470 pages
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...doing, thus he past along. DUCHESS OF YORK. Alack, poor Richard! where rode he the whilst? DUKE OF YORK. me. DUKE OF GLOSTER. Sweet prince, the untainted...which, God He knows, Seldom or never jumpeth with t no man cried, 'God save him!' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home: But dust was thrown upon...
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William Shakespeare's Richard II

Michael Morrison - 1996 - 138 pages
...wife that after Bolingbroke's triumphant entrance, Richard was treated rudely by the assembled crowd: "As in a theatre the eyes of men,/ After a well-graced...contempt, men's eyes/ Did scowl on gentle Richard" (23-28). When York discovers the letter his son has concealed, we learn that the murderous plot devised...
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King Richard II

Margaret Shewring - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 228 pages
...extent that York's description of the change of monarch draws explicitly on theatrical terminology: As in a theatre the eyes of men After a well-graced...that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious ... (V.ii.23-6) So Shakespeare draws attention to the theatrical skills required by a monarch while...
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The Purpose of Playing: Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of the ...

Louis Montrose - Drama - 1996 - 246 pages
...eyes Upon his visage. . . . Duch. Alack, poor Richard, where rode he the whilst? York. As in a theater the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, declares, his approach is "devoted to the self-reflexive aspects of the plays. . . . Instead of regarding...
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Shakespeare's Victorian Stage: Performing History in the Theatre of Charles Kean

Richard W. Schoch - Drama - 1998 - 240 pages
...the entrances of Bolingbroke and Richard to the successive stage appearances of good and bad actors: As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-graced...contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. (5.2.23-8) According to the playbill, and as evidenced in illustration 16 (p. 94 above), Kean's staged...
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The Genius of Shakespeare

Jonathan Bate - Drama - 1998 - 420 pages
...plays, when Bolingbroke rides into London in triumph and the deposed Richard follows along behind: Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gende Richard. No man cned 'God save him!' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home; But dust was...
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Political Shakespeare

Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen - Drama - 1999 - 334 pages
...the Duchess asks about Richard, York replies: As in a theatre the eyes of men. After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage. Are idly bent on him that...contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried, "God save him!" No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home. But dust was thrown upon...
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William Shakespeare, Richard II

Martin Coyle - Drama - 1999 - 196 pages
...carriage in it; and refrain from pitty if you can. As in a Theatre, the eyes of men After a well-grac'd Actor leaves the Stage. Are idly bent on him that...to be tedious: Even so. or with much more contempt, mens eyes Did scowl on Richard: no man cry'd God save him: No joyful tongue gave him welcom home. But...
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Richard II

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 270 pages
...earlier appearances in the play? DUCHESS OF YORK Alack poor Richard, where rode he the whilst? YORK As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-graced...contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried 'God save him'. No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home; But dust was thrown upon his...
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The Language of Journalism: Newspaper culture. Volume one

Melvin J. Lasky - Social Science - 506 pages
...The Bard, as so often, hit just the right tone: As in a theater, the eyes of men After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage. Are idly bent on him that...Thinking his prattle to be tedious; Even so, or with more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard. (Richard II, ii, 23.) I suspect that in times past...
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