Shakespearean

• “A white actor playing a black person is one thing - black actors play white people in Shakespearean plays all over, and I'm sure more than the occasional white person played Othello, but the line is crossed at colorface.”

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• “He was born into a family of famous actors, he achieved success in Shakespearean roles but resented the greater acclaim enjoyed by his brother, Edwin Booth.”

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• “Power was a descendent of a long line of theatrical actors: his great grandfather was a nineteenth century comedian; his father, Tyrone Power Sr., was a London stage actor; while his mother, Helen Emma Raeume (stage name Patia Power), often acted opposite her husband in Shakespearean productions.”

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• “There is a certain Shakespearean sweep in the seasons and when you add the kind of music and photography it enhances that feeling.”

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• “For one thing, our audiences are getting older and while we hope that succeeding generations will be as interested in Shakespearean theatre as they are today and theatre generally, there are competing forms of entertainment -- a world full of DVDs and computers and rock concerts, you name it.”

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• “But an individual in Shakespearean England who firmly believed that all tomatoes are Killer Tomatoes was not being unreasonable or irrational, as we would be apt to judge someone who held that belief in modern America.”

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• “If you want to dream of opulence, read a Victorian novel or certain Shakespearean plays.”

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• “We haven't even gotten to Birdman's opposing counsel, Spyro, a literal drama queen who phrases most of his arguments in Shakespearean meter (his version of Shaggy and Scooby's pot bust is titled, "As You Smok't It").”

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• “For my part, having neither published nor lectured, I feel no call to refresh myself by/[Page 74]/such temporary descent from my orbit under the waves; and in Shakespearean dialect, I had such a”

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• “The scavengeables include a gold-framed portrait of Jackson clad in Shakespearean garb; the wought-iron gates from Neverland Ranch, which is now in foreclosure; the singer’s famous jewel-encrusted glove; an antique two-person swing; an original painting by Macauley Culkin; a Peter Pan-themed golf cart, and many more garments, furnishings, and objets du freaky art.”

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