Shakespeare, the Earl, and the JesuitThe name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has now and then been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, has been perennially been linked with Shakespeare's, sometimes not vaguely and tentatively enough. This book offers reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men, who were "kinsmen" as their contemporaries understood the term. --From publisher's description. |
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Page 143
... satire . When The Comedy of Errors was performed at Gray's Inn at the end of 1594 , Robert Southwell had only a few weeks left to live . He would be given no pardon , like Egeon , but would suffer , on the twenty - first of February ...
... satire . When The Comedy of Errors was performed at Gray's Inn at the end of 1594 , Robert Southwell had only a few weeks left to live . He would be given no pardon , like Egeon , but would suffer , on the twenty - first of February ...
Page 225
... satire ; but the clown was hardly an ethical model or a privileged voice , and the earl was surely able to see the limitations of Lavatch's character and point of view . Southampton could leave martyrdom to the mar- tyrs without ...
... satire ; but the clown was hardly an ethical model or a privileged voice , and the earl was surely able to see the limitations of Lavatch's character and point of view . Southampton could leave martyrdom to the mar- tyrs without ...
Page 332
... Satire , 291 n . 52 Midsummer's Day , 271n . 49 Miles , Rosalind , 309 n . 43 Milward , Peter , S.J. , 38 , 60 , 260n . 5 , 262 n . 3 , 275n . 7 , 282n . 19 Mincoff , Marco , 284n . 55 , 285 n . 64 Miracle Book , 25 Miriam Joseph ...
... Satire , 291 n . 52 Midsummer's Day , 271n . 49 Miles , Rosalind , 309 n . 43 Milward , Peter , S.J. , 38 , 60 , 260n . 5 , 262 n . 3 , 275n . 7 , 282n . 19 Mincoff , Marco , 284n . 55 , 285 n . 64 Miracle Book , 25 Miriam Joseph ...
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