Dramatic Character in the English Romantic Age

ISBN: 9780691620831 出版年：2015 页码：444 Donohue, Joseph W Princeton University Press

This was the age of the star. For the first time in the history of the theater, the playwright took second place to the actor; the interpretation of the role assumed primary importance in a assessing a performance. It was mr. Kean's hamlet first, and mr. Shakespeare's second. What effects did this highly subjective, interpretive emphasis have on the drama? where did it originate and how did it evolve? these questions are considered at length in the author's analysis of the nature of romanticism itself as revealed in essays, novels, criticism, and by the actors themselves.