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... play , etc. This engraving is reproduced in Shakespeare's " England , " and by Halliwell - Phillips in his edition of " Romeo and Juliet . " " PRINTED BY THE " ANONYMOUS SCHOOLMASTER AT ST . ALBANS , 1480 . 24 ALBERTUS . Liber Modorum ...
... play , etc. This engraving is reproduced in Shakespeare's " England , " and by Halliwell - Phillips in his edition of " Romeo and Juliet . " " PRINTED BY THE " ANONYMOUS SCHOOLMASTER AT ST . ALBANS , 1480 . 24 ALBERTUS . Liber Modorum ...
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... play was written at the time of the execution of the King . It could , of course , have only been acted in secret by ... Plays . Anonymous - continued . 52 Pausanias the Betrayer of his MAGGS BROS . , 34 & 35 , Conduit Street , London ...
... play was written at the time of the execution of the King . It could , of course , have only been acted in secret by ... Plays . Anonymous - continued . 52 Pausanias the Betrayer of his MAGGS BROS . , 34 & 35 , Conduit Street , London ...
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... play was at first forbidden , but afterwards came on and met with very good success . Downes says that Smith , having a long part in it , fell ill upon the fourth day and died . This occasioned it to be laid aside , and it was not acted ...
... play was at first forbidden , but afterwards came on and met with very good success . Downes says that Smith , having a long part in it , fell ill upon the fourth day and died . This occasioned it to be laid aside , and it was not acted ...
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... play is the same as that which Denham made the groundwork of his Sophy , ' and which may be found in Sir Thomas Herbert's Travels ' ; yet Baron has handled it in a different manner from that author , having finished three complete acts ...
... play is the same as that which Denham made the groundwork of his Sophy , ' and which may be found in Sir Thomas Herbert's Travels ' ; yet Baron has handled it in a different manner from that author , having finished three complete acts ...
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... play was probably written some years before 1722 , and probably under the influence of Addison's Cato , which was produced at Drury Lane in 1713 . " The subject of Boadicea , which Captain R. Bealing took as that of his play , had ...
... play was probably written some years before 1722 , and probably under the influence of Addison's Cato , which was produced at Drury Lane in 1713 . " The subject of Boadicea , which Captain R. Bealing took as that of his play , had ...
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