 Gentlewomen; and after such Sports, a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus his Menechmus] was played by the Players. So that Night was begun, and continued to the end, in nothing but Confusion and Errors; whereupon, it was ever afterwards called, The Night...  Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare - Page 124by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1907Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...translation from Plautus. — " After such sports, a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus his MfTtechmns) was played by the players : so that night was begun,...end in nothing but confusion and errors. Whereupon Whereupon it was ever afterwards called Tlie. Night of Errors." Gesta Grayorum, 1688. The Registers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...Grayorum, 1688,) a Comedy of Errors, like to Plautus his Mencchmus, was played by the players : fo that night was begun and continued to the end in nothing but confufion and errors. Whereupon it was ever afterwards called the Night of Errors." The Regifters of... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...sports a comedy of errors (like to I 'I an! as, his Menechmus,) wai played by the players. So that night begun and continued to the end in nothing but confusion and errors; whereupon, it was afterwards called " The Night of Errors." This mischance was a great discouragement and disparagement... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 668 pages
...can hardly be referred to any other piece ; " After such sports, a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus his Menechmus) was played by the players : so that...it was ever afterwards called The Night of Errors," 'p. 22, ed. 1688. The second notice of it is in Meres's Palladis Tamia, &c. 1598, where it is mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pages
...in 4to, 1688) is the following entry : — " After such sports, a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus y, ho ! — Peter Quince ! Flute, the bellowsmender!...have had a most rare vision. I have* had a dream, — (P. 22.) Again, it is reasonable to expect, if Shakespeare had adopted Warner's version for the groundwork... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 832 pages
...is the following entry : — " After such sports, a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus his Meoechmus) was played by the players ; so that night was begun...it was ever afterwards called the Night of Errors." (P. 22.) Again, it is reasonable to expect, if Shakespeare had adopted Warner's version for the groundwork... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 836 pages
...in 4to, 1688) is the following entry : — " After such sports, a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus scoursed. This sense of reason, though unusual, is not Mtvuilar , thus in Chapman's итоге ; whereupon it was ever afterwards called the Night of Errors." (P. 22.) Again, it is reasonable... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler - 1861 - 914 pages
...of one day's proceedings, says, p. 22, — " After such sports, a Comedy of Errors, like to Plautus o blazon t it, then sweeten with thy breath This neighbour...in either by this dear encounter, [words, Jul. Con Thia notice of the play, which is not alluded to by either Collier or Knight, is extremely curious,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1861 - 448 pages
...Shakespeare's play, as I suppose it was) either rich times or poor tastes ; for the historian proceeds, " so that night was begun, and continued to the end,...ever afterwards called the Night of Errors," This was on fhe 28th of December. The next night was taken up with a legal inquiry into the causes of those... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophers - 1861 - 446 pages
...Shakespeare's play, as I suppose it was) either rich times or poor tastes ; for the historian proceeds, " so that night was begun, and continued to the end,...and errors ; whereupon it was ever afterwards called theJVzyAtf of Errors." This was on the 28th of December. The next night was taken up with a legal inquiry... | |
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