Word: shylock
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hampden plays the part of Shylock with more than usual passion; he leads the audience to feel the hatred, the fawning servility, and the cruel pride of the Jew. In the scene in which Shylock returns to find his daughter fied, and his money taken, Mr. Hampden overdoes the wild despair of the Usurer, who alternately cries out for his daughter and his ducats. He loses the calculating strength of the Jew's character in the wild passion of his despair. If Mr. Hampden over-emphasizes the emotion of this scene, he brings the tragedy of the situation before...