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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Page 37
... Tragedy out of the allegorical dramas . Of course , representations of the Devil made a legitimate part of the Miracle - plays . Nor was it without a profound insight of nature , that in those representations he was endowed in large ...
... Tragedy out of the allegorical dramas . Of course , representations of the Devil made a legitimate part of the Miracle - plays . Nor was it without a profound insight of nature , that in those representations he was endowed in large ...
Page 50
... tragedy and comedy together in one dra- matic web . On one occasion , Fancy and Folly get to playing tricks on Crafty - conveyance , who is in- duced to lay a wager that Folly will not be able to laugh him out of his coat : the feat is ...
... tragedy and comedy together in one dra- matic web . On one occasion , Fancy and Folly get to playing tricks on Crafty - conveyance , who is in- duced to lay a wager that Folly will not be able to laugh him out of his coat : the feat is ...
Page 67
... Tragedy , Tom Tiler and his Wife ( 1578 ) is equally entitled to notice as an early sprout of Comedy . It contains a mixture of alle- gorical and individual persons , the latter , however , taking the chief part of the action . The ...
... Tragedy , Tom Tiler and his Wife ( 1578 ) is equally entitled to notice as an early sprout of Comedy . It contains a mixture of alle- gorical and individual persons , the latter , however , taking the chief part of the action . The ...
Page 78
... scaffold was taken down . " This play was the tragedy of Gorboduc , which we shall see more of hereafter ; and the title - page of the old edition states that it was " showed before the Queen's most 78 An Historical Sketch.
... scaffold was taken down . " This play was the tragedy of Gorboduc , which we shall see more of hereafter ; and the title - page of the old edition states that it was " showed before the Queen's most 78 An Historical Sketch.
Page 82
... tragedy in blank verse . Mr. Collier found among the Harleian manu- scripts a minute account of the Court ... tragedies , and masques " were performed at Christmas and Shrovetide . From another paper , found by Malone in the Office of ...
... tragedy in blank verse . Mr. Collier found among the Harleian manu- scripts a minute account of the Court ... tragedies , and masques " were performed at Christmas and Shrovetide . From another paper , found by Malone in the Office of ...
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