Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 234
tage of to-day has felt. The actors and actresses fail inelocution. They do not know where to put their emphasis. They seem lostwhen they appear in costume, and Shakespeare to-day has no distinguishedexponents. The English-speaking stage of the century has been adorned by such elo-quent… … SCENE FROM SHAKESPEARE S PLAY OP ROMEO AND JULIET. 214 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIX1 CENTURY question may well be asked, where is the actor or actress who can play Ham-let, or Macbeth, or King Lear, or Shylock as we were wont to see them ren-dered by those masters of the dramatic art, or as they…
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