The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 3J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... acted , probably by his scholars , in the abbey of Dunstable ; perhaps the first spectacle of this kind exhibited in England.3 William Fitz - Stephen , a monk of Canterbury , who according to the best accounts composed his very curious ...
... acted , probably by his scholars , in the abbey of Dunstable ; perhaps the first spectacle of this kind exhibited in England.3 William Fitz - Stephen , a monk of Canterbury , who according to the best accounts composed his very curious ...
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... acted with any degree of form by the monks . This was certainly the case in the English monasteries . I have already mentioned the play of Saint Catharine , performed at Dunstable Abbey , by the novices in the eleventh century , under ...
... acted with any degree of form by the monks . This was certainly the case in the English monasteries . I have already mentioned the play of Saint Catharine , performed at Dunstable Abbey , by the novices in the eleventh century , under ...
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... acted on Corpus Christi day , " 6 7 " Except , that on the first Sunday of the magnificent mar- riage of King James of Scotland with the princess Margaret of England , daughter of Henry the Seventh , celebrated at Edin- burgh with high ...
... acted on Corpus Christi day , " 6 7 " Except , that on the first Sunday of the magnificent mar- riage of King James of Scotland with the princess Margaret of England , daughter of Henry the Seventh , celebrated at Edin- burgh with high ...
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... , and nobles of the realm . And in 1409 , the tenth year of King Henry IV . they acted Warton's History of English Poetry , Vol . I. p . 240 . at Clerkenwell for eight days successively a play , which OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 23.
... , and nobles of the realm . And in 1409 , the tenth year of King Henry IV . they acted Warton's History of English Poetry , Vol . I. p . 240 . at Clerkenwell for eight days successively a play , which OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 23.
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... acted there before the Duke of Ormond , in 1675 ; and it continued 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 ...
... acted there before the Duke of Ormond , in 1675 ; and it continued 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 ...
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