The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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... expression . He looked as one imagines a poet should look . As an old man , after a life of complete indolence , bald and emaciated , he had an ascetic air so that you might have taken him for a don who had spent long years in ardent ...
... expression . He looked as one imagines a poet should look . As an old man , after a life of complete indolence , bald and emaciated , he had an ascetic air so that you might have taken him for a don who had spent long years in ardent ...
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... expression . Indications are enough . They will be seized . His dialogue must be a sort of spoken shorthand . He must cut and cut till he has arrived at the maximum of concentration . 36 A PLAY is the result of a collaboration between ...
... expression . Indications are enough . They will be seized . His dialogue must be a sort of spoken shorthand . He must cut and cut till he has arrived at the maximum of concentration . 36 A PLAY is the result of a collaboration between ...
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... expression on the stage . The English , whatever they were in the Elizabethan era , are not an amorous race . Love with them is more senti- mental than passionate . They are of course sufficiently sexual for the purpose of reproducing ...
... expression on the stage . The English , whatever they were in the Elizabethan era , are not an amorous race . Love with them is more senti- mental than passionate . They are of course sufficiently sexual for the purpose of reproducing ...
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