Word: shylock
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Shylock of Shakspere a villain or a martyr...
...second illustration of the lecture was drawn from the "Merchant of Venice," in the self-sacrificing affection of Antonio and Bassanio for one another,- an affection, the speaker said, which is often lost sight of between the grandeur of the Shylock theme and the romantic charm of the history of Portia and the caskets...
...think the starring system most pernicious, I replied that when I was a stock actor I looked upon every star as a tyrant, and when I became a star I looked upon every stock actor as a conspirator. Shakespeare invented the starring system. Hamlet, Shylock, Macbeth, Coriolanus are all stars. These plays also were written to illustrate human passions; Othello, jealousy; Macbeth, fate; Coriolanus, the autocrat; Merchant of Venice, revenge...
...lecture last evening on "Edwin Booth as an Actor," Mr. Copeland gave an interesting criticism of Booth's representation of some of his best characters. Mr. Copeland entered into the details of Booth's productions of Hamlet, Iago, Bertuccio, Richard III, King Lear, Shylock, and Richelieu, much more fully than it is possible to do here. He had himself seen Booth act in all the characters of which he spoke, and his criticism was therefore doubly valuable...
...lecture will concern itself especially with the characters of Bertuccio, Iago, Hamlet, King Lear, Richard III, and Shylock, and will include reading from the plays in which several of these characters appear...