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Drama
Krutch, Joseph Wood | April 23, 1930 issue

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The article presents information about drama. Dramatist Fritz Leiber's "King Lear," was the most unsatisfactory of his performances. The play is probably the most difficult of the Shakespearean tragedies and no matter how vigorously Leiber vociferated he never once succeeded in convincing the audience that his passion rose to a height which would justify the wildness of the words he was called upon to utter. The author of the play confesses that he had never before caught the full force of certain of the scenes or realized the extent to which it is true that in this play the poet not only anticipates the utterance of the completest nihilism ever achieved but anticipates also even their method of expression.

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DRAMA; LEIBER, Fritz; KING Lear (Book); PERFORMANCE; AUDIENCES; NIHILISM
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