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Author: William Hazlitt Publisher: ISBN: 9781330878194 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 424
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Excerpt from A View of the English Stage or a Series of Dramatic Criticisms This edition of Hazlitt's View of the English Stage contains the whole of that book as first issued in 1818. The articles were selected by the author from his contributions to various newspapers, as he states in his preface, and were reprinted with the very slightest revision from the papers in which they first appeared, but with considerable omissions. They have been compared for this edition with the original newspapers, and those portions which were omitted in 1818 have been supplied between square brackets. The author's own notes are given: those which were in the periodical and in the reprint are marked "Original Note"; those which were in the paper but not in the volume are marked "Note in" (with the name of the journal); and those which first appeared in 1818 are marked "W. H." The dates at the head of the articles are those of the original publication, as that plan was adopted with more or less accuracy by the author. Many other contributions of Hazlitt to these newspapers have been identified with confidence almost amounting to certainty; only two of them are printed in the Appendix to this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William Hazlitt Publisher: ISBN: 9781330878194 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 424
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Excerpt from A View of the English Stage or a Series of Dramatic Criticisms This edition of Hazlitt's View of the English Stage contains the whole of that book as first issued in 1818. The articles were selected by the author from his contributions to various newspapers, as he states in his preface, and were reprinted with the very slightest revision from the papers in which they first appeared, but with considerable omissions. They have been compared for this edition with the original newspapers, and those portions which were omitted in 1818 have been supplied between square brackets. The author's own notes are given: those which were in the periodical and in the reprint are marked "Original Note"; those which were in the paper but not in the volume are marked "Note in" (with the name of the journal); and those which first appeared in 1818 are marked "W. H." The dates at the head of the articles are those of the original publication, as that plan was adopted with more or less accuracy by the author. Many other contributions of Hazlitt to these newspapers have been identified with confidence almost amounting to certainty; only two of them are printed in the Appendix to this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William Hazlitt Publisher: ISBN: Category : Acting Languages : en Pages : 282
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Collected dramatic criticism by William Hazlitt, one of the highest regarded critic and essayists in the history of the English language.
Author: William Hazlitt Publisher: Hardpress Publishing ISBN: 9781290178433 Category : Languages : en Pages : 426
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Clayton Hamilton Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780656872862 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 270
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Excerpt from The Theory of the Theatre and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism Most of the chapters which make up the pres ent volume have already appeared, in earlier versions, in certain magazines and to the editors of The Forum, The North American Review, The Smart Set, and The Bookman, I am indebted for permission to republish such materials as I have culled from my contributions to their pages. Though these papers were written at different times and for different immediate circles of subscribers, they were all designed from the outset to illustrate certain steady central principles of dramatic criti cism and, thus collected, they afford, I think, a consistent exposition of the most important points in the theory of' the theatre. The introductory chapter, entitled What is a Play?, has not, in any form, appeared in print before; and all the other papers have been diligently revised, and in many passages entirely rewritten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: James Thomas Grein Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780267293339 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 348
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Excerpt from Dramatic Criticism, Vol. 3: 1900-1901 Often crippled and ruined by the philistine limitations imposed by our grandmotherly censorship. The outlook, very dark twenty years since, is not to-day perhaps quite so hopeless, though still, as we know to our cost, the average play produced is far, very far from the high level of excellence which we have a right to expect in the drama of the country of Shakespeare. Having once stood supreme in the world of the theatre, is it too much to hope that England may one day regain that lost supre macy? Whatever the chances, let us at least, as lovers of the stage, remember that we have a high standard to live up to, and do all that lies in our power to remove the artificial and commercial stumbling blocks from the paths of would-be sincere dramatists. These reprinted notices are my contribution to the good work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Edward Fordham Spence Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780428980504 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 348
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Excerpt from Our Stage and Its Critics Hilst reading the proof-sheets of these articles Ihave been oppressed by the thought that they give a gloomy idea about the state of our Stage. Yet I am naturally sanguine. Indeed, no one taking a deep interest in our drama could have written for a score or so of years about it unless of a naturally sanguine temperament. There has been great progress during my time, yet we still are far from possessing a modern national drama creditable to us. Some imagine that the British have no inborn genius for writing drama, or acting it, and look upon those dramatists and players whose greatness cannot be denied as mere exceptions to a rule. Without alleging that at the moment we have a Shakespeare, a Garrick or a Siddons, I assert confidently that we own dramatists and players able, if rightly used, to make our theatre worthy of our country and also that the misuse of them is appalling. For very many years the history of the English stage has been chiefly a record of waste, of gross commercialism and of honest efforts ruined by adherence to mischievous traditions the Scottish and Irish stage have been mere reflections of our own. At the moment Ireland is making a brave and remarkably successful effort at emancipation, and during the last few years has laid the foundations of a National Theatre and built a good deal upon them. Scotland lags a little, yet the energy and enthusiasm of Mr Alfred Wareing and the citizens of Glasgow have enabled them to create an institution not unlikely to serve as the home of a real Scots drama. They offer to the native playwright an opportunity of showing that a national drama - not a drama merely echoing the drama of other lands - lies inherent in the race. Who knows that they may not induce that wayward man of genius, J. M. Barrie, to become the parent of Scots drama by honestly and sincerely using his rare gifts as dramatist in an effort to express the pathos and the humour, the courage and the shyness, the shrewdness and the imagination, and also the less agreeable qualities and characteristics of our brothers across the border. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: F. G. Tomlins Publisher: ISBN: 9781330452325 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 166
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Excerpt from A Brief View of the English Drama My Dear How. Words are but a poor return for deeds, and yet, as sincere expressions of sentiments, they may sometimes produce substantial gratification, at least to the utterer, and in this belief I dedicate my little book to you, one of my oldest and kindest friends. I do not fear but that the subject is worthy of your attention, for it relates to poetry and the elegant arts; and in these you have been gifted with a pure taste and a discriminating judgment, and to their professors have ever shown a delicate attention and frequently valuable assistance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William Hazlitt
Author: William Hazlitt
Author: William Hazlitt
Author: William Hazlitt
Author: Clayton Hamilton
Author: William Hazlitt
Author: James Thomas Grein
Author: William Hazlitt
Author: Edward Fordham Spence
Author: F. G. Tomlins
Author: William Hazlitt