Shakespeare and the Modern Stage / with Other Essays

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and that on "A Peril of Shakespearean Research" in The Author. The proprietors of these publications have courteously given me permission to include the articles in this volume. The essay on "Aspects of Shakespeare's Philosophy" was prepared for the purposes of a popular lecture, and has not been in type before.

In a note at the foot of the opening page of each essay, I mention the date when it was originally published. An analytical list of contents and an index will, I hope, increase any utility which may attach to the volume.

SIDNEY LEE.

1st October 1906.

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CONTENTS

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Preface	vii

I

Shakespeare and the Modern Stage

I.	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 rôle of the Ghost on the First Production of Hamlet in 1602	27
III.	Shakespeare's Popularity in the Elizabethan Theatre	29 Previous Page Go to page of 115 Next Page