The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... actors , or would shew respect to their lord and master , he appoints them to play their first play before himself , and the Alderman and Common - Counsell of the city ; and that is called the Mayor's play : where every one that will ...
... actors , or would shew respect to their lord and master , he appoints them to play their first play before himself , and the Alderman and Common - Counsell of the city ; and that is called the Mayor's play : where every one that will ...
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... Actors of our Saviour's Pas- sion , who had received letters patent from King Charles the Sixth , in 1402 , and had for near 150 years exhibited religious plays , built their new theatre on the site of the Duke of Burgundy's house ; and ...
... Actors of our Saviour's Pas- sion , who had received letters patent from King Charles the Sixth , in 1402 , and had for near 150 years exhibited religious plays , built their new theatre on the site of the Duke of Burgundy's house ; and ...
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... actor listening , and yet he himself should not hear what one of his fellow - actors says con- cerning him , though in his own presence and within his hearing as if he were absent , while he is present . It is the great object of the ...
... actor listening , and yet he himself should not hear what one of his fellow - actors says con- cerning him , though in his own presence and within his hearing as if he were absent , while he is present . It is the great object of the ...
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... Actors , 1612 : " Plays have made the ignorant more ap- prehensive , taught the unlearned the knowledge of many famous histories ; instructed such as cannot reade , in the discovery of our English Chronicles : and what man have you now ...
... Actors , 1612 : " Plays have made the ignorant more ap- prehensive , taught the unlearned the knowledge of many famous histories ; instructed such as cannot reade , in the discovery of our English Chronicles : and what man have you now ...
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... Actors " . " In two books in the Remem- brancer's - office in the Exchequer , containing an ac- count of the daily expences of King Henry the Se- venth , are the following articles ; from which it ap- pears , that at that time players ...
... Actors " . " In two books in the Remem- brancer's - office in the Exchequer , containing an ac- count of the daily expences of King Henry the Se- venth , are the following articles ; from which it ap- pears , that at that time players ...
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