John Gielgud's Hamlet: A Record of PerformanceMethuen, 1937 - 170 pages |
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action actor answer appear attention audience begins body breaks castle centre chair character Claudius cloak close comes continually costume council curtain death difficult door drops effect emotion excitement eyes face falls father feeling feet figure final follow force forward front gesture Ghost Gielgud gives grave Hamlet hand head holds Horatio intention JOHN King King's Laertes light lines London looks middle mind moment mood mother movement moves never once opening Ophelia pause performance phrase platform play Player Polonius Polonius's present Prince production Queen question reading rising Rosencrantz says scene seems sense Shakespeare side sits slowly soliloquy speaks speech spoken stage stairs stands starts steps stops sweep swift swings sword takes talk theatre thing thought tion tone tradition turns voice walks watch whole words York young