All the Year Round Volume N . 18
All the Year Round Volume N . 18
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Author: Charles Dickens
Page Count: 428 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781235936241
File size: 21 Mb
Download Link: All the Year Round Volume N . 18
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...with the celebrated revolutionary. She has done all that is possible to conjure away the image of her early love. His children--his own children--she has had privately christened in her own maiden name; but no sooner is the end of her life-web come, than these very children hasten to unravel the false weft which dubs them Cabarrus. By special appeal to the French courts, they obtain permission to resume the name of their father; one more proof that human nature, or, at least, French nature, loves a name written large in history, even if the page be blotted with tears and smeared with blood. SOME THEATRICAL AUDIENCES. Wht should the function of the playhouse critic be confined exclusively to the players? Why should the Aristarchus of the stalls for ever project his eagle glance behind the footlights? Why should he take heed only of the mimic life enacted upon the stage, while humanity itself as it exists behind and around him, affording a definite standard by which the imitation may be judged, is all unnoticed in his oracular verdicts? There should be a critic for the public, as well as for the players. The behaviour of the audience, the degree of intelligence exhibited in their demeanour, and the interest they take in the performance, is quite as susceptible of judicial analysis as the deportment of the actors and actresses. There is as much matter for attentive consideration in the composition of the spectators, as in the cast of a play; there is as much of edification to be derived from studying their manners and character, as from the critical contemplation of eminent tragedians and accomplished artists in comedy-drama. Theatrical audiences, moreover, have their idiosyncrasies, just as much as theatrical companies. The purely society, or orthodox fashion...
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All the Year Round Volume N . 18 by Charles Dickens
Author: Charles Dickens
Page Count: 428 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781235936241
File size: 21 Mb
Download Link: All the Year Round Volume N . 18
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...with the celebrated revolutionary. She has done all that is possible to conjure away the image of her early love. His children--his own children--she has had privately christened in her own maiden name; but no sooner is the end of her life-web come, than these very children hasten to unravel the false weft which dubs them Cabarrus. By special appeal to the French courts, they obtain permission to resume the name of their father; one more proof that human nature, or, at least, French nature, loves a name written large in history, even if the page be blotted with tears and smeared with blood. SOME THEATRICAL AUDIENCES. Wht should the function of the playhouse critic be confined exclusively to the players? Why should the Aristarchus of the stalls for ever project his eagle glance behind the footlights? Why should he take heed only of the mimic life enacted upon the stage, while humanity itself as it exists behind and around him, affording a definite standard by which the imitation may be judged, is all unnoticed in his oracular verdicts? There should be a critic for the public, as well as for the players. The behaviour of the audience, the degree of intelligence exhibited in their demeanour, and the interest they take in the performance, is quite as susceptible of judicial analysis as the deportment of the actors and actresses. There is as much matter for attentive consideration in the composition of the spectators, as in the cast of a play; there is as much of edification to be derived from studying their manners and character, as from the critical contemplation of eminent tragedians and accomplished artists in comedy-drama. Theatrical audiences, moreover, have their idiosyncrasies, just as much as theatrical companies. The purely society, or orthodox fashion...
Read online All the Year Round Volume N . 18 Buy and read online All the Year Round Volume N . 18 Download All the Year Round Volume N . 18 for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook All the Year Round Volume N . 18 ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent