All Semblative a Woman's Part?: Studies in the Staging of and Audience Response to Boy Actors in Sexual Disguise in the Elizabethan Theatre 1580-1615H. Gras, 1991 - 583 pages |
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Page 195
... wife , who pretends madness and gives the physician the urine of a pregnant mare . The doctor concludes that the man is pregnant , which causes panic in the wife . To induce her to marry him , the physician promises to kill the man ...
... wife , who pretends madness and gives the physician the urine of a pregnant mare . The doctor concludes that the man is pregnant , which causes panic in the wife . To induce her to marry him , the physician promises to kill the man ...
Page 198
... wife in venery , / At thy enfor- cement takes ? well go thy way . She may transform thee , ere thy dying day . " 45 The offer of one's wife to the friend as an actual wish to possess the friend is a logical step from the scheme of ...
... wife in venery , / At thy enfor- cement takes ? well go thy way . She may transform thee , ere thy dying day . " 45 The offer of one's wife to the friend as an actual wish to possess the friend is a logical step from the scheme of ...
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... wife commits adultery , which implies to the husband's emasculated , passive homosexual bearing , in such cases ... wife Maria . Antonio decides that a wife will never part them and offers Maria to Mercury to share her ( 2.1.129ff ...
... wife commits adultery , which implies to the husband's emasculated , passive homosexual bearing , in such cases ... wife Maria . Antonio decides that a wife will never part them and offers Maria to Mercury to share her ( 2.1.129ff ...
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