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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... drama before the time of Shakspeare was so little cultivated , or so ill understood , that to many it may appear unnecessary to carry our theatrical re- searches higher than that period . Dryden has truly observed , that he " found not ...
... drama before the time of Shakspeare was so little cultivated , or so ill understood , that to many it may appear unnecessary to carry our theatrical re- searches higher than that period . Dryden has truly observed , that he " found not ...
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... drama in England , will scarcely repay . the labour of the inquiry . However , as the best in- troduction to the History of the Stage during the reigns of Elizabeth and James the First , and to an account of the internal economy and ...
... drama in England , will scarcely repay . the labour of the inquiry . However , as the best in- troduction to the History of the Stage during the reigns of Elizabeth and James the First , and to an account of the internal economy and ...
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... dramas for this purpose , which have not survived those inimitable compositions over which they triumphed for a time : one ... drama ; and complain , that the people heard a comedian with much more pleasure than a preacher of the gospel ...
... dramas for this purpose , which have not survived those inimitable compositions over which they triumphed for a time : one ... drama ; and complain , that the people heard a comedian with much more pleasure than a preacher of the gospel ...
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... drama . But the most ancient as well as most complete col- lection of this kind is The Chester Mysteries , which were written by Ralph Higden , a monk of the Abbey of Chester , about the year 1328 ' , of which a parti- In 1589 , however ...
... drama . But the most ancient as well as most complete col- lection of this kind is The Chester Mysteries , which were written by Ralph Higden , a monk of the Abbey of Chester , about the year 1328 ' , of which a parti- In 1589 , however ...
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... were exhibited at Chester in 1600 , and that he has not ad- hered to the original orthography . 3 MSS . Digby 134 , Bibl . Bodl . VOL . III . C subject of a sacred drama given by the English fa- OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 17.
... were exhibited at Chester in 1600 , and that he has not ad- hered to the original orthography . 3 MSS . Digby 134 , Bibl . Bodl . VOL . III . C subject of a sacred drama given by the English fa- OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 17.
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