Memoir of Henry Compton
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Almost every part that he filled there he contrived to adorn. He possessed the gift of the old regulated humour, held in control, measured out by rule, culmi- nating at the proper time, spontaneous, yet duly ordered. His voice was like an instrument, wdiose notes he could produce after the proper tone and tune. Hence there was a quiet weight and breadth in all he did and said. Hence that humour in inflection, attitude, air even. He luas the character, as he stood; just as an eccentric in real l...ife reveals his oddity even as he sits or stands. He thus brought a charm or value to those "old Haymarket comedies " which no one else at present on the English stage could. " The next season was taken up by the long run of " Hamlet, " at the Lyceum, when he gave, for the last 210 MEMOIR OF EENBT COMPTON.
time, his marvellous performance of the Grave- digger. I cannot do better than give the reader the following critique to bring more vividly before him this " gem " amongst performances of art : " Nothing can be more excellent than Compton's Gravedigger, in ' Hamlet.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Almost every part that he filled there he contrived to adorn. He possessed the gift of the old regulated humour, held in control, measured out by rule, culmi- nating at the proper time, spontaneous, yet duly ordered. His voice was like an instrument, wdiose notes he could produce after the proper tone and tune. Hence there was a quiet weight and breadth in all he did and said. Hence that humour in inflection, attitude, air even. He luas the character, as he stood; just as an eccentric in real l...ife reveals his oddity even as he sits or stands. He thus brought a charm or value to those "old Haymarket comedies " which no one else at present on the English stage could. " The next season was taken up by the long run of " Hamlet, " at the Lyceum, when he gave, for the last 210 MEMOIR OF EENBT COMPTON.
time, his marvellous performance of the Grave- digger. I cannot do better than give the reader the following critique to bring more vividly before him this " gem " amongst performances of art : " Nothing can be more excellent than Compton's Gravedigger, in ' Hamlet.
What to read after Memoir of Henry Compton?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Compton to read onlineMoreLess
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