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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Page 24
... pounds in twenty - seven neigh- bouring parishes for furnishing the play . They disbursed about two pounds in the representation . These disbursements are to four minstrels , or waits , of Cambridge , for three days , vs. vjd . To the ...
... pounds in twenty - seven neigh- bouring parishes for furnishing the play . They disbursed about two pounds in the representation . These disbursements are to four minstrels , or waits , of Cambridge , for three days , vs. vjd . To the ...
Page 51
... pounds by the year . " A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse , by John Stock- wood , 1578 . like other as thei have alreadie studied or hereafter shall E 2 OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 51 companies of comedians, each of which performed ...
... pounds by the year . " A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse , by John Stock- wood , 1578 . like other as thei have alreadie studied or hereafter shall E 2 OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 51 companies of comedians, each of which performed ...
Page 59
... pounds a year ; but , by fees and other perquisites , the emoluments of Sir George Buc in the first year he came into possession of it , amounted to near 1001. The office afterwards became much more valuable . but five principal ...
... pounds a year ; but , by fees and other perquisites , the emoluments of Sir George Buc in the first year he came into possession of it , amounted to near 1001. The office afterwards became much more valuable . but five principal ...
Page 105
... pounds setting out : eight or ten suits of new cloaths he gave the players : an unheard - of prodi- gality . " The play on which Sir John Suckling expended this large sum , was Aglaura . To the authority of Fleckno may be added that of ...
... pounds setting out : eight or ten suits of new cloaths he gave the players : an unheard - of prodi- gality . " The play on which Sir John Suckling expended this large sum , was Aglaura . To the authority of Fleckno may be added that of ...
Page 118
... pounds . The clothes of the horsemen reckoned one with another at £ .100 a suit , att the least , amounted to £ .10,000 . - The charges of all the rest of the masque , which were borne by the societies , were accounted to be above ...
... pounds . The clothes of the horsemen reckoned one with another at £ .100 a suit , att the least , amounted to £ .10,000 . - The charges of all the rest of the masque , which were borne by the societies , were accounted to be above ...
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