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... payments was , of course , made in the town account books , and often , if the entering clerk loved to ply his quill , some details about the company were also noted . Some- times when the town authorities refused to allow the players ...
... payments was , of course , made in the town account books , and often , if the entering clerk loved to ply his quill , some details about the company were also noted . Some- times when the town authorities refused to allow the players ...
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... payment of £ 30 to the Court ' enterlude players ' in 1561 , and the frequent visits of the Queen's men to the provincial towns . The names of these players and their wage is learned from the following entry in the Office Books of the ...
... payment of £ 30 to the Court ' enterlude players ' in 1561 , and the frequent visits of the Queen's men to the provincial towns . The names of these players and their wage is learned from the following entry in the Office Books of the ...
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... payment ' to the company ( Collier , i . 259-260 ) . 8 Chalmers , Apology , 399. On March 16 , 1589 , the Queen's players were paid £ 20 for presenting before the Queen two plays , one on St. Stephen's day and one on Shrove Sunday . The ...
... payment ' to the company ( Collier , i . 259-260 ) . 8 Chalmers , Apology , 399. On March 16 , 1589 , the Queen's players were paid £ 20 for presenting before the Queen two plays , one on St. Stephen's day and one on Shrove Sunday . The ...
Page 17
... payment is to ' Lawrence Dutton and John Dutton her Mats players and their Com- panie ' ; in the second to ' John Laneham and his company her Mats . players . ' From these entries Cunningham concludes that there were two companies of ...
... payment is to ' Lawrence Dutton and John Dutton her Mats players and their Com- panie ' ; in the second to ' John Laneham and his company her Mats . players . ' From these entries Cunningham concludes that there were two companies of ...
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... pay - roll for 1585 there is an entry of a payment of four skillings to repair a board fence which the people broke down the time the English played in the yard . " In 1586 the names of these players are given : -William Kemp ( Wilhelm ...
... pay - roll for 1585 there is an entry of a payment of four skillings to repair a board fence which the people broke down the time the English played in the yard . " In 1586 the names of these players are given : -William Kemp ( Wilhelm ...
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acted at Court actors Admiral's company Admiral's men Apology appeared April August Bath Blackfriars Bristol Canterbury Chalmers Children Christmas Christopher Beeston Collier company of players conjectures COURT PERFORMANCES Coventry Cunningham Diary Dover Drama Duke Dutton Earl of Sussex's Earl of Worcester's Edward Alleyn Elizabeth's company entry evidence Fleay Fleay's given a reward Gloucester Greg Henry Henslowe Henslowe's Ibid Ipswich James John Hemings July June King King's men King's players Lady Elizabeth's Lady Elizabeth's men Leicester licence Lord Admiral's Lord Chamberlain's Lord Chamberlain's men Lord Hunsdon Lord Strange's Lord Strange's men Malone by Boswell March Mayor mentioned night Norwich Nottingham Oxford patronage Paul's boys Pembroke's Pembroke's men plague Prince Prince's players Princess Elizabeth's Privy Council probably Queen's company Queen's men Queen's players Queen's Revels Red Bull Revels company Richard Robert Sept Stage Strange-Chamberlain's theatre Thomas Whitehall William Worcester's company Worcester's men
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Page 64 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 60 - The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke. With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the sixt. Diuided into two Parts : And newly corrected and enlarged. Written by William Shakespeare, Gent. Printed at London, for TP" A small quarto, containing 64 leaves, A to Q in fours.
Page 99 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Page 150 - Gowry,' with all the action and actors, hath been twice represented by the King's Players, with exceeding concourse of all sorts of people ; but whether the matter or manner be not well handled, or that it be thought unfit that Princes should be played on the stage in their lifetime, I hear that some great Councellors are much displeased with it, and so 'tis thought shall be forbidden.
Page 99 - O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Page 60 - The true Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the death of good King Henrie the Sixt, with the whole contention betweene the two Houses Lancaster and Yorke, as it was sundrie times acted by the Right Honourable the Earle of Pembrooke his seruants.
Page 99 - Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him I much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry.
Page 171 - ... em loose again. Afterwards, in Oliver's time, they used to act privately, three or four miles or more out of town, now here, now there; sometimes in noblemen's houses, in particular Holland House at Kensington, where the nobility and gentry who met (but in no great numbers) used to make a sum for them, each giving a broad piece, or the like.
Page 96 - Drusus, or Roscio? Now I have him, that nere of ought did speake But when of playes or Plaiers he did treate. H'ath made a common-place booke out of plaies, And speakes in print, at least what ere he sayes Is warranted by Curtaine plaudeties...
Page 356 - when, however, they saw that the whole court had left town, they persisted in acting it ; nay, they brought upon the stage the Queen of France and Mile, de Verneuil. The former having first accosted the latter with very hard words, gave her a box on the ear. At my suit three of them were arrested ; but the principal person, the author, escaped.