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 4
... writers are not fully agreed . Within a comparatively recent period , it has received from high authorities the title of the Romantic Drama . A much more appropriate title , as it seems to us , suggested by its Gothic original and used ...
... writers are not fully agreed . Within a comparatively recent period , it has received from high authorities the title of the Romantic Drama . A much more appropriate title , as it seems to us , suggested by its Gothic original and used ...
Page 9
... writer sets forth , among other things , what pastimes are allowed to " a clerk of order , " declaring it lawful for him to perform Miracle - plays of the birth and resurrection of Christ in churches , but a sin to witness them " on the ...
... writer sets forth , among other things , what pastimes are allowed to " a clerk of order , " declaring it lawful for him to perform Miracle - plays of the birth and resurrection of Christ in churches , but a sin to witness them " on the ...
Page 94
... writer proceeds , " Methought Vetus Comadia began to prick him at London in the right vein , when she brought forth Divinity with a scratch'd face , holding of her heart as if she were sick because Martin would have forced her ; but ...
... writer proceeds , " Methought Vetus Comadia began to prick him at London in the right vein , when she brought forth Divinity with a scratch'd face , holding of her heart as if she were sick because Martin would have forced her ; but ...
Page 95
... writer adds in a note , " If he be showed at Paul's , it will cost you four - pence ; at the Theatre , two - pence ; at St. Thomas - a - Watrings , nothing . " From which it would seem that the matter in question had been brought upon ...
... writer adds in a note , " If he be showed at Paul's , it will cost you four - pence ; at the Theatre , two - pence ; at St. Thomas - a - Watrings , nothing . " From which it would seem that the matter in question had been brought upon ...
Page 96
... writer says , " Since the Plays in Paul's were dissolved , there are certain comedies come to my hands . " As the matter is further treated in various accounts of Shakespeare's life , we will dismiss it by simply adding that the Mayor's ...
... writer says , " Since the Plays in Paul's were dissolved , there are certain comedies come to my hands . " As the matter is further treated in various accounts of Shakespeare's life , we will dismiss it by simply adding that the Mayor's ...
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