Shakespeare Without TearsA prominent producer-director of Shakespeare's plays writes with wit and verve about the Elizabethan theater and subsequent modifications in theatrical practice, differences between actors and audiences in Shakespeare's day and ours, and more "There is not an obscure or otherwise dull page in the book." — New York Times Book Review. |
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Contents
Introduction by JOHN MASON BROWN | 7 |
FIRST PERSON SINGULAR | 15 |
INTRODUCING AN ENGLISHMAN | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Shakespeare Without Tears Volume 223 of A Premier book Part 129 of Fawcett premier book |
| Author | Margaret Webster |
| Contributor | John Mason Brown |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | World Publishing Company, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Mar 2007 |
| ISBN | 0486410978, 9780486410975 |
| Length | 318 pages |
| Subjects | › Performing Arts / General |
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