The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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Page xxxiii
... Plays , had ascribed The Winter's Tale to the year 1604 ; but having afterwards procured an inspection of Sir Henry Herbert's office book , he discovered that he had been in an error before his work had finally issued from the press ...
... Plays , had ascribed The Winter's Tale to the year 1604 ; but having afterwards procured an inspection of Sir Henry Herbert's office book , he discovered that he had been in an error before his work had finally issued from the press ...
Page xxxiv
... play might afterwards have been purchased from this company by the Lord Chamber- lain's servants , ( Shakspeare , Burbage , Heminge , Condell , & c . ) by whom it was acted in 1598. ' Shak . vol . ii . p . 457 . " Would the reader ...
... play might afterwards have been purchased from this company by the Lord Chamber- lain's servants , ( Shakspeare , Burbage , Heminge , Condell , & c . ) by whom it was acted in 1598. ' Shak . vol . ii . p . 457 . " Would the reader ...
Page xxxvii
... play was not written by Shakspeare . The Piece acted in 1613 was a new play , called All Is Truth , ' constructed , indeed , on the history of Henry VIII , and , like that , full of shows ; but giving probably a different view of some ...
... play was not written by Shakspeare . The Piece acted in 1613 was a new play , called All Is Truth , ' constructed , indeed , on the history of Henry VIII , and , like that , full of shows ; but giving probably a different view of some ...
Page xxxviii
... plays were changed in 1613 ; thus Henry IV . was called Hot- spur ; Much Ado About Nothing , Benedict and Beatrice , ' & c . What is this to the purpose ? If other titles were given to those plays in familiar conversation , they were ...
... plays were changed in 1613 ; thus Henry IV . was called Hot- spur ; Much Ado About Nothing , Benedict and Beatrice , ' & c . What is this to the purpose ? If other titles were given to those plays in familiar conversation , they were ...
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... play . I now come to a most direct accusation against Mr. Malone , conveyed in the most unmeasured terms- " Ben Jonson ... plays , like those that beget tales , tempests , and such like drolleries " Upon this Mr. Gifford observes , " As ...
... play . I now come to a most direct accusation against Mr. Malone , conveyed in the most unmeasured terms- " Ben Jonson ... plays , like those that beget tales , tempests , and such like drolleries " Upon this Mr. Gifford observes , " As ...
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