Word: hamlets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...should prefer to divide it into five, as follows: 1586-97 - the period which we will designate as marking the Romeo-Proteus-Biron mood. It is Shakespeare's lightest period, when the moral tendency is not really settled. The second period is from 1597-1603, marking the Jacques-Hamlet mood. The melancholy Jacques is a preparation for Hamlet. During this period, most of the sonnets were composed. Dur-the years 1603-1609, Shakespeare has returned to Stratford. This is his tragic period, and is distinguished by the composition of Julius Caesar, Measure For Measure, Macbeth, Othello, Troilus and Cressida...
...closely connected with his celebrated contemporaries and he was in favor at court. His unobtrusiveness is a noticeable trait. He had an unusual shyness of all publicity and was a quiet stately actor. His favorite parts were those of the Ghost, in Hamlet, and Old Adam, in As You Like It. He was, in fine, "a fantastical fellow of dark corners." He was devoted to his sacred art but the author disappeared in the work. Ruskin has said: "An artist has done nothing until he has concealed himself." If the converse be true, Shakspere is truly a master...
...last theme in German 4 will be due May 27; the subjects given are "A Review of the First Act of the Second Part of Faust," and "Goethe's Criticism of Hamlet...
...Miss Rose Stewart, has a sophrano voice of medium range, rather flexible, but of little power. The fine acoustics of Sanders helped to overcome this defect. On the whole Miss Stewart was not up to the average of symphony soloists. She was most successful in the Mad Song from "Hamlet" which displayed the powers of her voice to best advantage. The music of this "Scene," however, is hardly up to the level of Shakespeare. The set of Persian Love Songs by Rubinstein would have had a better effect in a smaller auditorium. Weber's "Freischuetz" overture made a fitting...
...soloist at the symphony concert this evening will be Miss Rose Stewart. The programme is as follows: Symphony in E flat, Mozart; Mad Song from "Hamlet" A. Thomas; unfinished symphony in B minor, Schubert; Persian Love Songs, Rubinstein; over ture, "Freischutz," Weber...