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Lee, Sidney, Sir, 1859-1926

"Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays"

The Perils of the Spectacular Method of Production 1
II. The Need for Simplifying Scenic Appliances 4
III. Consequences of Simplification. The Attitude of the
Shakespearean Student 7
IV. The Pecuniary Experiences of Charles Kean and Sir
Henry Irving 9
V. The Experiment of Samuel Phelps 11
VI. The Rightful Supremacy of the Actor 12
VII. The Example of the French and German Stage 16
VIII. Shakespeare's Reliance on the "Imaginary Forces"
of the Audience 18
IX. The Patriotic Argument for the Production of
Shakespeare's Plays constantly and in their
variety on the English Stage 23

II
SHAKESPEARE AND THE ELIZABETHAN PLAYGOER
I. An Imaginary Discovery of Shakespeare's Journal 25
II. Shakespeare in the role of the Ghost on the First
Production of _Hamlet_ in 1602 27
III.


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