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Mr. GEOFFREY GILBEY and Mrs. PENELOPE WHEELER: Amateur Dramatics-IV, Rehearsal of the Trial Scene in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice '

on 2LO London and 5XX Daventry

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IN the final talk of this series Mrs. Wheeler leaves the general for the particular, and discusses in detail the method of rehearsing the Trial Scene from The Merchant of Venice, the scene in which she once played herself with Ellen Terry as ' Portia.' She describes the balance and importance of the scene, and the grouping and climaxes to be aimed at, with the points which should be pro-pared for and emphasized.

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Ellen Terry

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