The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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Page 315
... performance , which Ben Jonson calls stale and mouldy , was probably his earliest attempt in the drama . I know , that another of these discarded pieces , The Yorkshire Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it ...
... performance , which Ben Jonson calls stale and mouldy , was probably his earliest attempt in the drama . I know , that another of these discarded pieces , The Yorkshire Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it ...
Page 347
... performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet . Yet this chef d'œuvre did not please : I will give you an origi- nal stroke at it . Dr. Lodge , who was for ever pestering the town with pamphlets , published in the year 1596 , " Wits ...
... performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet . Yet this chef d'œuvre did not please : I will give you an origi- nal stroke at it . Dr. Lodge , who was for ever pestering the town with pamphlets , published in the year 1596 , " Wits ...
Page 439
... performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet . I should have been much more pleased , to have learned from certain ... performances of his youth , as they were the most vigorous , and had the most fire and strength of imagination in them ...
... performance was the Ghost in his own Hamlet . I should have been much more pleased , to have learned from certain ... performances of his youth , as they were the most vigorous , and had the most fire and strength of imagination in them ...
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