The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 3R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... suppose , that , after Moralities were in- troduced , Mysteries ceased to be exhibited . We have already seen that a Mystery was represented before King Henry the Seventh , at Winchester , in 1487 . Sixteen years afterwards , on the ...
... suppose , that , after Moralities were in- troduced , Mysteries ceased to be exhibited . We have already seen that a Mystery was represented before King Henry the Seventh , at Winchester , in 1487 . Sixteen years afterwards , on the ...
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... suppose that our sister kingdom had gone before us in the cultivation of the drama ; but I find from a MS . in the library of Trinity College , Dublin , that what are here called Comedies , were nothing more than Pageants . " In the ...
... suppose that our sister kingdom had gone before us in the cultivation of the drama ; but I find from a MS . in the library of Trinity College , Dublin , that what are here called Comedies , were nothing more than Pageants . " In the ...
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... suppose , however , this writer conceived the audience would be amimated by the number of the characters , and that this display would operate on the gaping spectators like some of our modern enormous play - bills ; in which the length ...
... suppose , however , this writer conceived the audience would be amimated by the number of the characters , and that this display would operate on the gaping spectators like some of our modern enormous play - bills ; in which the length ...
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... suppose was found too small for the new scenery introduced after the Restoration . The Prologue to Wycherley's Gentleman Dancing Master , printed in 1673 , is addressed " To the city , newly after the removal of the Duke's Company from ...
... suppose was found too small for the new scenery introduced after the Restoration . The Prologue to Wycherley's Gentleman Dancing Master , printed in 1673 , is addressed " To the city , newly after the removal of the Duke's Company from ...
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... suppose , hinted at in the following passage of a sermon by John Stockwood , quoted below , and preached in 1578 : Have we not houses of purpose built with great charges for the maintenance of them , [ the players , ] and that without ...
... suppose , hinted at in the following passage of a sermon by John Stockwood , quoted below , and preached in 1578 : Have we not houses of purpose built with great charges for the maintenance of them , [ the players , ] and that without ...
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