Cardenio, Or, The Second Maiden's TragedyLong sought by scholars as the Holy Grail of world literature, and masquerading under the censor's makeshift title, "The second maiden's tragedy," this lost play was discovered by Charles Hamilton, a forensic document examiner and literary historian. |
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... beautiful and innocent , strong and brave , faithful to her lover and her ideals . She is inviolate and incorruptible ; therefore , her character does not change to meet events and cir- cumstances . In this respect , she forms a stark ...
... beautiful and innocent , strong and brave , faithful to her lover and her ideals . She is inviolate and incorruptible ; therefore , her character does not change to meet events and cir- cumstances . In this respect , she forms a stark ...
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... beautiful shading as the writer deftly rotates his quill as he writes , cutting swaths as thick as poinards or spinning spidery lines that trail away like cobwebs . Such is the beau- ty of these old handwritings that many philographers ...
... beautiful shading as the writer deftly rotates his quill as he writes , cutting swaths as thick as poinards or spinning spidery lines that trail away like cobwebs . Such is the beau- ty of these old handwritings that many philographers ...
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... beautiful Luscinda . He had received from Luscinda a letter hinting that she would accept his proposal of marriage . Certain impediments bar the way . Cardenio asks his noble friend Don Fernando to arrange the wedding . The highborn ...
... beautiful Luscinda . He had received from Luscinda a letter hinting that she would accept his proposal of marriage . Certain impediments bar the way . Cardenio asks his noble friend Don Fernando to arrange the wedding . The highborn ...
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Cardenio, Or, The Second Maiden's Tragedy William Shakespeare,Charles Hamilton,John Fletcher Limited preview - 1994 |
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ANSELMUS authorship beautiful BELLARIUS body Cardenio Cardenio tale censor Cervantes Cervantes's characters collaborator court Cyril Tourneur death document Don Fernando Don Quixote Double Falsehood drama e'en earl Elizabethan English dramatist Enter Evadne Exit eyes faith father fear fellow for't George Buc GOVIANUS Greg hand handwriting handwritten letter signed Handwritten note signed heart HELVETIUS Henry honour Ibid in't John Fletcher John Heminges Jonson king King's King's Men kiss Lady lady's LEONELLA literary look lord Luscinda lust madam Maid's main plot manuscript of Cardenio MEMPHONIUS Middleton mistress ne'er never Noble Kinsmen on't penned poet Prithee Professor promptbook Queen Revenger's Tragedy romance scenes Schoenbaum scholars script Second Maiden's Tragedy Shakespeare and Fletcher Shakespeare's plays SOPHONIRUS soul stage Stratford subplot thee Theobald There's thine Thomas thou Tourneur Twas TYRANT VOTARIUS WIFE William Shakespeare woman words writing written wrote Y'are