Shakespeare and the Legacy of Loss by Emily Hodgson Anderson

Author:Emily Hodgson Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Published: 2018-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Trial by Theater and Tradition

I stand for judgment. . . . I stand here for law

—Merchant of Venice (4.1.103, 142)

When Macklin debuted his Shylock, he singled out as central to his performance one particular scene. Greeted in the third act with applause so Page 128 →thunderous that he “was obliged to pause between the speeches to give it vent,” Macklin nonetheless attributes the “fullness” of his reputation to his conduct in the fourth act trial.79 To cite Macklin:

Here I was well listened to, and here I made such a silent, yet forcible impression on my audience, that I retired from this great attempt most perfectly satisfied.80

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