The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 11Macmillan and Company, limited, 1903 |
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Page 9
... presentation of plays , in which popular religious and social interest was now concentrated , fell into their hands . Cities like York , Chester , and Coventry fostered the growing art with enthusiasm and generosity . By the beginning ...
... presentation of plays , in which popular religious and social interest was now concentrated , fell into their hands . Cities like York , Chester , and Coventry fostered the growing art with enthusiasm and generosity . By the beginning ...
Page 10
... presentation of the dramas was thoroughly systematized . In some places the Mayor , by proclamation , announced the ... presented with uncompromising realism , Adam and Eve appearing in appropriate attire ; the devil played a great and ...
... presentation of the dramas was thoroughly systematized . In some places the Mayor , by proclamation , announced the ... presented with uncompromising realism , Adam and Eve appearing in appropriate attire ; the devil played a great and ...
Page 13
... presented one of the earliest pleas for athletics . The Moralities beguiled the darkest period in the literary history of England ; the tide of the first dra- matic energy had gone out , the tide of the second and greater dramatic ...
... presented one of the earliest pleas for athletics . The Moralities beguiled the darkest period in the literary history of England ; the tide of the first dra- matic energy had gone out , the tide of the second and greater dramatic ...
Page 14
... presented plays in various parts of the country in the courts of inns and , on great occasions , in large towns and cities . For all classes dearly loved the bravery , excitement , and di- version of the pageant , the masque , and the ...
... presented plays in various parts of the country in the courts of inns and , on great occasions , in large towns and cities . For all classes dearly loved the bravery , excitement , and di- version of the pageant , the masque , and the ...
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... presented were in all cases to pass under the eye of the Master of the Revels , and no performance was to be given “ in the time of Common Prayer , or in the time of great and common Plague in our said City of London . " Such a license ...
... presented were in all cases to pass under the eye of the Master of the Revels , and no performance was to be given “ in the time of Common Prayer , or in the time of great and common Plague in our said City of London . " Such a license ...
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