 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1906 - 660 strani
...madness in any other poet.' Lamb's ' crowning paradox,' as we all know, was that Shakespeare's plays are ' less calculated for performance on a stage than those of almost any other dramatist whatever.' And yet, by universal consent, Shakespeare's practical knowledge of the... | |
 | 1815 - 628 strani
...dead member. It may seem a paradox, but I cannot help being of opinion that the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on A stage, than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. Their distinguishing excellence is a reason that they should be so. There... | |
 | 1848 - 864 strani
...LAMR has devoted one of his admirable essays lo maintaining ihe position, that the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. " Their distinguishing excellence," he argues, "is ,1 reason that they should... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 404 strani
...dead member. It may seem a paradox, but I cannot help being of opinion that the plays of Shakspeave are less calculated for performance on a stage, than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. Their distinguishing excellence is a reason that they should be so. There... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 strani
...dead member. It may seem a paradox, but I cannot help being of opinion that the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. Their distinguishing excellence is a reason that they should be so. There... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1850 - 490 strani
...dead member. It may seem a paradox, but I cannot help being of opinion that the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. Their distinguishing excellence is a reason that they should be so. There... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1850 - 444 strani
...dead member. It may seem a paradox, but I cannot help being of opinion that the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage, than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. Their distinguishing excellence is a reason that they should be so. There... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1852 - 684 strani
...dead member. It may seem a paradox, but I cannot help being of opinion that the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage, than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. Their distinguishing excellence is a reason that they should be so. There... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1855 - 624 strani
...dead member. It may seem a paradox, but I cannot help being of opinion that the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. Their distinguishing excellence is a reason that they should be so. There... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 strani
...dead member. It may seem a paradox, -but I cannot help being of opinion that the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage than those of almost any other dramatist whatever. Their distinguishing excellence is a reason that they should be so. There... | |
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On the Tragedies of Shakespeare" is the most distinguished single piece of critical writing that came from his pen. The main thesis of the paper—"that the plays of Shakespeare are less calculated for performance on a stage than those of almost any dramatist 
