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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... performed by his scholars . On the following night , his house was burnt , together with the bor- rowed articles ; which he regarded as a judgment of Heaven , and thereupon assumed a religious habit . Warton thinks the performance to ...
... performed by his scholars . On the following night , his house was burnt , together with the bor- rowed articles ; which he regarded as a judgment of Heaven , and thereupon assumed a religious habit . Warton thinks the performance to ...
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... perform Miracle - plays of the birth and resurrection of Christ in churches , but a sin to witness them " on the highways or greens . " He also reproves the prac- tice , then not uncommon , of aiding the performance of Miracle - plays ...
... perform Miracle - plays of the birth and resurrection of Christ in churches , but a sin to witness them " on the highways or greens . " He also reproves the prac- tice , then not uncommon , of aiding the performance of Miracle - plays ...
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... perform- ancés . The festival of Corpus Christi , designed for the furthering of this doctrine , was instituted by Pope Urban IV . in 1264. Within a few years from that date , Miracle - plays were annually performed at Chester during ...
... perform- ancés . The festival of Corpus Christi , designed for the furthering of this doctrine , was instituted by Pope Urban IV . in 1264. Within a few years from that date , Miracle - plays were annually performed at Chester during ...
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... perform- ances . The festival of Corpus Christi , designed for the furthering of this doctrine , was instituted by Pope Urban IV . in 1264. Within a few years from that date , Miracle - plays were annually performed at Chester during ...
... perform- ances . The festival of Corpus Christi , designed for the furthering of this doctrine , was instituted by Pope Urban IV . in 1264. Within a few years from that date , Miracle - plays were annually performed at Chester during ...
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... performed at Coventry on the festival of Corpus Christi . The manuscript of them 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 ...
... performed at Coventry on the festival of Corpus Christi . The manuscript of them 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 ...
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