The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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Page 32
... pieces were dis- persedly performed on the several stages then in being . And it was the custom of those days for the poets to take a price of the players for the pieces they from time to time furnished ; and thereupon it was supposed ...
... pieces were dis- persedly performed on the several stages then in being . And it was the custom of those days for the poets to take a price of the players for the pieces they from time to time furnished ; and thereupon it was supposed ...
Page 152
... pieces that make up this collection , and their care in publishing them , both solemnly affirm'd in the paragraph refer'd to , we there find these honest editors acknowledging in terms equally solemn the author's right in his copies ...
... pieces that make up this collection , and their care in publishing them , both solemnly affirm'd in the paragraph refer'd to , we there find these honest editors acknowledging in terms equally solemn the author's right in his copies ...
Page 408
... piece in particular , will not be unacceptable to the publick . ' John Ford , Esq . was one of the Middle Temple ... pieces have great merit in them , par- ticularly The Lover's Melancholy ; which in the private opinion of many ...
... piece in particular , will not be unacceptable to the publick . ' John Ford , Esq . was one of the Middle Temple ... pieces have great merit in them , par- ticularly The Lover's Melancholy ; which in the private opinion of many ...
Contents
ROMEO AND JULIET | 12 |
AS YOU LIKE | 83 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 121 |
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