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...whole, for the purpose for which it was written. For I take it that closet tragedies are not produced until authors get to be more in love with themselves than with nature. Undoubtedly it is hard to put King Lear on the stage; for it requires a great actor of the heroic school such as is seldom found out of Italy, and calls for an elaboration and perfection of detail which cannot be secured so long as the lavishness of the public does not equal its critical sense. But if it be said that the sublimity and complexity of King...
...significance will occur presently at Cambridge, Mass. Henry Irving has been invited to speak at Harvard University, on the general subject of the stage and dramatic art, and he has accepted the invitation. Mr. Irving's address will be delivered in the Sanders Theatre, on Monday, March 30. The actor's art could not have a more authoritative voice to speak its mission and advocate its cause. The audience will be worthy of the speaker, for it will represent one of the foremost institutions of learning and one of the most refined and cultivated communities of this country. Harvard University...
...upon Mr. Irving's acceptance of the invitation to speak before the college. Mr. Irving is so wellknown to Harvard men, that he needs no particular introduction to their notice. Both by his long experience upon the stage, and the scholarly attributes of mind which distinguish him as an actor and manager, he is pre-eminently qualified to speak upon the subject of Dramatic Art. The college will await his coming with interest...
...decided not to follow Shak-sperian tradition as regards the actor's dress. Whatever would be gained in historical interest would be counterbalanced by the loss of all that was Roman in the play. Thus it is related of Garrick in Macbeth, that he played the part of the Moor in a powdered gray wig; and it is probable that in Shakspere's time there was an equal conformity with the prevailing English fashions. This feature of the play the Shakspere club does not care to reproduce. The attempt will be made, instead, to imitate with historical fidelity the costume...
...Virgil, Eclogue IV., (3) Livy. I. 57-58. 2. The Presidential Election of 1884. 3. The Shakspers Society at Harvard. 4. My Favorite Novelist. 5. The Last Harvard-Yale Boat-Race. 6. Torchlight Processions. 7. A Legitimate Purpose of a College Course. 8. Henry Irving, Actor and Manager...