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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... appears to have been an original and independent growth , the native and free product of the soil ; not a mere revival , or reproduction , or continuation of what had existed somewhere else . This position will be found very material ...
... appears to have been an original and independent growth , the native and free product of the soil ; not a mere revival , or reproduction , or continuation of what had existed somewhere else . This position will be found very material ...
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... appears that about the middle of the next century itinerant actors were well known ; for one of the regulations found in the Burton Annals has the following , under the date of 1258 : " Actors may be entertained , not because they are ...
... appears that about the middle of the next century itinerant actors were well known ; for one of the regulations found in the Burton Annals has the following , under the date of 1258 : " Actors may be entertained , not because they are ...
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... appears to have been written as early at least as the time of Henry VII . The third series , called Chester Whitsun Plays , numbers twenty - five . These are extant in three manuscripts , the oldest of which was made by Edward Gregory ...
... appears to have been written as early at least as the time of Henry VII . The third series , called Chester Whitsun Plays , numbers twenty - five . These are extant in three manuscripts , the oldest of which was made by Edward Gregory ...
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... appears that a few years afterwards these performances , be- cause of certain abuses attending them , were dis- continued ; but in 1426 William Melton , a friar , who is called " a professor of holy pageantry , " preached several ...
... appears that a few years afterwards these performances , be- cause of certain abuses attending them , were dis- continued ; but in 1426 William Melton , a friar , who is called " a professor of holy pageantry , " preached several ...
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... appears that the structure there used had two stages , one above the other ; the lower being closed in , to serve as a dressing - room for the actors ; while the performance was on the upper stage where it could be seen by all the ...
... appears that the structure there used had two stages , one above the other ; the lower being closed in , to serve as a dressing - room for the actors ; while the performance was on the upper stage where it could be seen by all the ...
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