Poems and Prose of John DrydenPenguin Books, 1955 - 356 pages |
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Page 158
... play , should be proportioned as near as can be to the duration of that time in which it is represented . Since , therefore , all plays are acted at the theatre in the space of time much within the compass of twenty - four hours , that play ...
... play , should be proportioned as near as can be to the duration of that time in which it is represented . Since , therefore , all plays are acted at the theatre in the space of time much within the compass of twenty - four hours , that play ...
Page 164
... play than knowing how and where to bestow the particular graces of it . ' But since the Spaniards at this day allow but three acts , which they call Jornadas , to a play , and the Italians in many of theirs follow them , when I condemn ...
... play than knowing how and where to bestow the particular graces of it . ' But since the Spaniards at this day allow but three acts , which they call Jornadas , to a play , and the Italians in many of theirs follow them , when I condemn ...
Page 189
... play contri- buting and moving towards it . Our plays , besides the main design , have under - plots , or by - concernments of less con- siderable persons , and intrigues which are carried on with the motion of the main plot ; as they ...
... play contri- buting and moving towards it . Our plays , besides the main design , have under - plots , or by - concernments of less con- siderable persons , and intrigues which are carried on with the motion of the main plot ; as they ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
PROLOGUE TO THE TEMPEST 1670 | 97 |
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY | 104 |
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