Materials for the Life of ShakespearePierce Butler University of North Carolina Press, 1930 - 200 pages |
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... father is known , from literary and stage records , but not from church or court documents , to have been a resident of London.2 He is referred to as an actor and playwright in 1592.3 In 1593 he published Venus and Adonis , and in 1595 ...
... father is known , from literary and stage records , but not from church or court documents , to have been a resident of London.2 He is referred to as an actor and playwright in 1592.3 In 1593 he published Venus and Adonis , and in 1595 ...
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... father was buried in Stratford , September 8 , 1601. In May , 1602 , Shakespeare bought the Combe Lands , 107 acres , at Stratford . With the accession of James I his company became the King's Players , and he was a " groom of the ...
... father was buried in Stratford , September 8 , 1601. In May , 1602 , Shakespeare bought the Combe Lands , 107 acres , at Stratford . With the accession of James I his company became the King's Players , and he was a " groom of the ...
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... father was a butcher , and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbors that , when he was a boy , he exercised his father's trade , but when he killed a calf , he would do it in a high style and make a speech . There was at ...
... father was a butcher , and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbors that , when he was a boy , he exercised his father's trade , but when he killed a calf , he would do it in a high style and make a speech . There was at ...
Contents
EARLY BIOGRAPHY AND ANECDOTE | 1 |
CRITICISM AND REPUTATION AMONG | 49 |
SOCIAL STANDING AND PERSONAL REP | 94 |
Copyright | |
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