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A stage set should not make a pretty picture of its own. The empty stage should look formal and pleasing, but should seem to be waiting for the action to complete it; it should not hold definite significance in itself.

G. Wilson Knight

G. Wilson Knight

G. Wilson Knight

Born: 1897

Died: 1985 (aged 88)

Bio: George Richard Wilson Knight was an English literary critic and academic, known particularly for his interpretation of mythic content in literature, and his essays The Wheel of Fire on Shakespeare's drama.

Known for:

The wheel of fire (1949)
The imperial theme (1931)
The Crown of Life (1947)
The starlit dome (1941)
The Mutual Flame (1955)

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