Now that shrill declamation is wearing decidedly thin with an electorate that is waking up to this overrated suburban solicitor. |
The fruity gravitas of the traditional actor's declamation had become a liability rather than an asset. |
We protested against the old manner of acting and against theatricality, against artificial pathos and declamation. |
But this should not be taken as evidence that the acting was mere declamation without emotion. |
Thus Queen Elizabeth I's rousing declamation to her troops at Tilbury in 1588 falls into this category since it is hinged to the crisis of the Spanish Armada. |
Aeneas's opening declamation continues for nine more lines in the same fashion, and this speech is typical of all his others throughout the play. |