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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... Richard II . , the choristers of St. Paul's , London , petitioned the king to prohibit some ignorant persons from acting plays founded on Scripture , as conflicting with the interest of the clergy , who had incurred expense in getting ...
... Richard II . , the choristers of St. Paul's , London , petitioned the king to prohibit some ignorant persons from acting plays founded on Scripture , as conflicting with the interest of the clergy , who had incurred expense in getting ...
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... Richard Gibson , then an officer in the King's household ; showing that this interlude was a Latin Moral - play wherein " the heretic Luther " and his wife were brought on the stage . It was acted by the children of St. Paul's under the ...
... Richard Gibson , then an officer in the King's household ; showing that this interlude was a Latin Moral - play wherein " the heretic Luther " and his wife were brought on the stage . It was acted by the children of St. Paul's under the ...
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... Richard Gibson , then an officer in the King's household ; showing that this interlude was a Latin Moral - play wherein " the heretic Luther ' and his wife were brought on the stage . It was acted by the children of St. Paul's under the ...
... Richard Gibson , then an officer in the King's household ; showing that this interlude was a Latin Moral - play wherein " the heretic Luther ' and his wife were brought on the stage . It was acted by the children of St. Paul's under the ...
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... Richard III . , had a company of players in his patronage , and acting under his name . It is pretty certain that in the reign of Henry VII . , which began in 1485 , dramatic exhibitions were common in all parts of the kingdom . The ...
... Richard III . , had a company of players in his patronage , and acting under his name . It is pretty certain that in the reign of Henry VII . , which began in 1485 , dramatic exhibitions were common in all parts of the kingdom . The ...
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... of the expenses incurred on those occasions . From the same paper we learn that Richard Edwards was the author of a play acted before the Queen at Christmas , 1564 , by the Children of the Chapel 80 An Historical Sketch.
... of the expenses incurred on those occasions . From the same paper we learn that Richard Edwards was the author of a play acted before the Queen at Christmas , 1564 , by the Children of the Chapel 80 An Historical Sketch.
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