A Challenge to Charles Lamb's "On the Tragedies of Shakespeare"
Description:
This study challenges Charles Lamb's 1811 essay "On the Tragedies of Shakespeare, Considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation," which argues that Shakespeare's plays are better suited for reading than stage production. Each of the four chapters considers a specific argument Lamb raises against the theatre and the particular Shakespearean tragedy used to illustrate his point. The Hamlet chapter examines the supposed concessions involved in the actor/audience relationship.…
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Date:
December 1990
Creator:
Walworth, Alan M. (Alan Marshall)