The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the Latest Edition of William Aldis Wright; with Introductions, Notes and Glossaries to Each Play by Israel Gollancz. The Complete Notes, with Variorum Readings and General Glossary of Alexander Dyce; a General Introduction, and a Bibliography by W. J. Rolfe; a History of the Drama, and General Criticism by Henry N. Hudson and Others, and a Complete Character Index, Volume 20Colonial Press, 1901 |
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... DRAMA BEFORE SHAKESPEARE BY REV . HENRY N. HUDSON , LL . D. CHAPTER I. MIRACLE - PLAYS . THE English Drama , as we have it in Shake- speare , was the slow growth of several centuries . Nor is it clearly traceable to any foreign source ...
... DRAMA BEFORE SHAKESPEARE BY REV . HENRY N. HUDSON , LL . D. CHAPTER I. MIRACLE - PLAYS . THE English Drama , as we have it in Shake- speare , was the slow growth of several centuries . Nor is it clearly traceable to any foreign source ...
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... Play by Israel Gollancz. The Complete Notes, with Variorum Readings and General Glossary of Alexander Dyce; a General Introduction, and a B William Shakespeare. ferent nations of modern Europe , especially in Eng- land ... Miracle - plays 5.
... Play by Israel Gollancz. The Complete Notes, with Variorum Readings and General Glossary of Alexander Dyce; a General Introduction, and a B William Shakespeare. ferent nations of modern Europe , especially in Eng- land ... Miracle - plays 5.
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... Drama took different forms from time to time , as culture advanced . The earliest form was in what are com- monly called Mysteries , though the older and better term is , Plays of Miracles , or Miracle - plays . These were founded , for ...
... Drama took different forms from time to time , as culture advanced . The earliest form was in what are com- monly called Mysteries , though the older and better term is , Plays of Miracles , or Miracle - plays . These were founded , for ...
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... Miracle - play of St. Katharine at Dunstaple ; and that for the needed decorations he sought and obtained certain articles " from the Sacristy of St ... plays of a more sacred kind , representing the miracles which 8 An Historical Sketch.
... Miracle - play of St. Katharine at Dunstaple ; and that for the needed decorations he sought and obtained certain articles " from the Sacristy of St ... plays of a more sacred kind , representing the miracles which 8 An Historical Sketch.
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... plays be seen , nor heard , nor the performance of them allowed , in the presence of the Abbot or the monks . " There was some difference of opinion among the clergy as to the lawfulness of such exhibitions ; and in an ... Miracle - plays 9.
... plays be seen , nor heard , nor the performance of them allowed , in the presence of the Abbot or the monks . " There was some difference of opinion among the clergy as to the lawfulness of such exhibitions ; and in an ... Miracle - plays 9.
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