English Dramatic Theories, 1. köideM. Niemeyer, 1973 |
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Page 44
... never miss . But you shall not find in it the ordinary and over - worn Trade of jesting at Lords and Courtiers , and Citizens , without taxation of any particular or new vice by them found out , but at the per- sons of them ; such , he ...
... never miss . But you shall not find in it the ordinary and over - worn Trade of jesting at Lords and Courtiers , and Citizens , without taxation of any particular or new vice by them found out , but at the per- sons of them ; such , he ...
Page 86
... never see in any of their plays , a scene changed in the middle of an act : if the act be- gins in a garden , a street , or chamber , ' tis ended in the same place ; and that you may know it to be the same , the stage is so supplied ...
... never see in any of their plays , a scene changed in the middle of an act : if the act be- gins in a garden , a street , or chamber , ' tis ended in the same place ; and that you may know it to be the same , the stage is so supplied ...
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... never equal them , but they could never equal themselves , were they to rise and write again . We acknowledge them our fathers in wit ; but they have ruined their estates themselves , before they came to their children's hands . There ...
... never equal them , but they could never equal themselves , were they to rise and write again . We acknowledge them our fathers in wit ; but they have ruined their estates themselves , before they came to their children's hands . There ...
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An Abridgement of the Notable Work | 5 |
Prologue to Ralph Roister Doister ca 1566 | 11 |
The Art of English Poesy 1589 | 25 |
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