The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: pt. 2. Historical account of the English stage. Emendations and additions. Tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaH. Baldwin, 1790 |
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... observed , that he found not , but created firft the ftage ; " of which no one can doubt , who confiders , that of all the plays iffued from the prefs antecedent to the year 1592 , when there is reason to believe he commenced a drama ...
... observed , that he found not , but created firft the ftage ; " of which no one can doubt , who confiders , that of all the plays iffued from the prefs antecedent to the year 1592 , when there is reason to believe he commenced a drama ...
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... observed , the Miracle - play of Saint Catha- rine , written by Geoffrey , a learned Norman , ( afterwards Abbot of St. Alban's , ) was acted , probably by his scholars , in the abbey of Dunftable ; perhaps the firit fpectacle of this ...
... observed , the Miracle - play of Saint Catha- rine , written by Geoffrey , a learned Norman , ( afterwards Abbot of St. Alban's , ) was acted , probably by his scholars , in the abbey of Dunftable ; perhaps the firit fpectacle of this ...
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... observed , ) " it feems that the ftage flourished much , under Juftinian and Theo- dora , about the year 540 : for in the Bafilical codes we have the oath of an altrefs , μη αναχωρείν της πορνείας . Tom . VII . p . 682 . edit . Fabrot ...
... observed , ) " it feems that the ftage flourished much , under Juftinian and Theo- dora , about the year 540 : for in the Bafilical codes we have the oath of an altrefs , μη αναχωρείν της πορνείας . Tom . VII . p . 682 . edit . Fabrot ...
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... observed that every one of the fubjects on which he con- ftructed his hiftorical plays , appears to have been drama- tized , and brought upon the fcene , before his time . 5 See Vol . VI . p . 426 . Goffon in his Plays Confuted in five ...
... observed that every one of the fubjects on which he con- ftructed his hiftorical plays , appears to have been drama- tized , and brought upon the fcene , before his time . 5 See Vol . VI . p . 426 . Goffon in his Plays Confuted in five ...
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... King and the Subject is alterd , and I allowd the play to bee acted , the reformations moft ftrictly observed , and not otherwife , the 5th of June , 1638 . " At ཟླ " At Greenwich the 4 of June , Mr. W. OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 235.
... King and the Subject is alterd , and I allowd the play to bee acted , the reformations moft ftrictly observed , and not otherwife , the 5th of June , 1638 . " At ཟླ " At Greenwich the 4 of June , Mr. W. OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 235.
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