A Shakespeare PrimerAMS Press, 1971 - 224 pages |
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... Plautus and Terence and the tragedies of Seneca . Next they performed original plays written in Latin , and finally plays in English modeled on the classics . This SCHOOL DRAMA was constructed much more expertly than was the native ...
... Plautus and Terence and the tragedies of Seneca . Next they performed original plays written in Latin , and finally plays in English modeled on the classics . This SCHOOL DRAMA was constructed much more expertly than was the native ...
Page 78
... Plautus's Menaechmi , with a further suggestion from the same author's Amphitruo ; and the tragic undertone came from the tale of Apollonius of Tyre . Shakespeare improved on his sources by having two sets of twins , instead of the one ...
... Plautus's Menaechmi , with a further suggestion from the same author's Amphitruo ; and the tragic undertone came from the tale of Apollonius of Tyre . Shakespeare improved on his sources by having two sets of twins , instead of the one ...
Page 217
... ( Plautus ) , 78 Blackfriars Theater , 35 , 52 , 53 , 141 Blount , Edward , 61 Boccaccio , Decameron , 119 , 136 Booth , Barton , 185 Booth , Edwin , 188 Boswell , James , 29 , 148 Bracegirdle , Anne , 185 Antony and Cleopatra , 128-130 ...
... ( Plautus ) , 78 Blackfriars Theater , 35 , 52 , 53 , 141 Blount , Edward , 61 Boccaccio , Decameron , 119 , 136 Booth , Barton , 185 Booth , Edwin , 188 Boswell , James , 29 , 148 Bracegirdle , Anne , 185 Antony and Cleopatra , 128-130 ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
England in the Time of Shakespeare | 9 |
Shakespeares Works | 56 |
Copyright | |
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