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Nov 26: Lamb ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE


Shakespeare Should Be Heard

Charles Lamb, favorite essayist, thought that no stage could do
justice to Shakespeare's tragedies. He advocated reading the
plays, and with the imagination costuming the players and building
the gorgeous scenery in a way equaled by no scene painter
or costumer.

Read: Lamb ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE ..............    Vol. 27, pp. 299-310