The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volumes 12-13J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... entertainments exhibited in England , as well as every other part of Europe , were of a religious kind . So early as in the beginning of the twelfth century , it was customary in England on holy festivals to represent , in or near the ...
... entertainments exhibited in England , as well as every other part of Europe , were of a religious kind . So early as in the beginning of the twelfth century , it was customary in England on holy festivals to represent , in or near the ...
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... entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs , which lasted ... entertainments of dancing , musick , and mimickry , exhibited at these protracted annual celebrities , made the ...
... entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs , which lasted ... entertainments of dancing , musick , and mimickry , exhibited at these protracted annual celebrities , made the ...
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... open , I believe , till the death of King Charles the Second . The disturbances which followed in Ire land put an end for a time to all theatrical entertainments . 34 and 35 Henry VIII . c . 1 , OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . gr.
... open , I believe , till the death of King Charles the Second . The disturbances which followed in Ire land put an end for a time to all theatrical entertainments . 34 and 35 Henry VIII . c . 1 , OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . gr.
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... entertainment . Mr. Warton observes that Moralities were be- come so fashionable a spectacle about the close of the reign of Henry the Seventh , that " John Ras- tall , a learned typographer , brother - in - law to Sir Thomas More ...
... entertainment . Mr. Warton observes that Moralities were be- come so fashionable a spectacle about the close of the reign of Henry the Seventh , that " John Ras- tall , a learned typographer , brother - in - law to Sir Thomas More ...
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... entertainment , both in London and in the country , " and the profession of 1774 . Leland . Collect . Vol . IV . Append . pp . 235 , 256 , edit . * Itinerant companies of actors are probably coeval with the first rise of the English ...
... entertainment , both in London and in the country , " and the profession of 1774 . Leland . Collect . Vol . IV . Append . pp . 235 , 256 , edit . * Itinerant companies of actors are probably coeval with the first rise of the English ...
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