The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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... Plautus ; from the only play of Plautus which was then in English . What can be more probable , than that he who copied that , would have copied more ; but that those which were not translated were inacces- sible ? Whether he knew the ...
... Plautus ; from the only play of Plautus which was then in English . What can be more probable , than that he who copied that , would have copied more ; but that those which were not translated were inacces- sible ? Whether he knew the ...
Page 340
... Plautus his Menechmus was played by the Players . " And the same hath been suspected to be the subject of the goodlie Comedie of Plautus , " acted at Greenwich be- fore the King and Queen in 1520 ; as we learn from Hall and Holinshed ...
... Plautus his Menechmus was played by the Players . " And the same hath been suspected to be the subject of the goodlie Comedie of Plautus , " acted at Greenwich be- fore the King and Queen in 1520 ; as we learn from Hall and Holinshed ...
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... PLAUTUS . Menæchmi , by W. W. Lond . || .... MARTIAL . 1595 Flowers of Epigrams ( from Martial particularly ) by Tim . Kendall , 8vo . ** 1577 * Among the entries in the books of the Stationers ' Company is the following : " Henry ...
... PLAUTUS . Menæchmi , by W. W. Lond . || .... MARTIAL . 1595 Flowers of Epigrams ( from Martial particularly ) by Tim . Kendall , 8vo . ** 1577 * Among the entries in the books of the Stationers ' Company is the following : " Henry ...
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