The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Page 42
... Whitehall , where the royal theatre then The regular office of the Revels at that time was on St. Peter's Hill , near the Black - friars ' playhouse . was . Item , for heling of a feke maid , 6s 42 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
... Whitehall , where the royal theatre then The regular office of the Revels at that time was on St. Peter's Hill , near the Black - friars ' playhouse . was . Item , for heling of a feke maid , 6s 42 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
Page 46
... Blackfriars and that in Whitefriars were certainly built before 1580 ; for we learn from a puritanical pamphlet published in the last century , that foon after that year , " many goodly citizens and well difpofed gentlemen of London ...
... Blackfriars and that in Whitefriars were certainly built before 1580 ; for we learn from a puritanical pamphlet published in the last century , that foon after that year , " many goodly citizens and well difpofed gentlemen of London ...
Page 47
... Blackfriars , not being within the liberties of the city of London , efcaped the fury of these fanaticks . Elizabeth , however , though the yielded in this inftance to the frenzy of the time , was during the whole courfe of her reign a ...
... Blackfriars , not being within the liberties of the city of London , efcaped the fury of these fanaticks . Elizabeth , however , though the yielded in this inftance to the frenzy of the time , was during the whole courfe of her reign a ...
Page 53
... Blackfriars , that in Whitefriars , " the Theatre , of There was a theatre in Whitefriars , before the year 1580 . See p . 45. A Woman's a Weathercock was performed at the private playhouse in Whitefriars in 1612. This theatre was , I ...
... Blackfriars , that in Whitefriars , " the Theatre , of There was a theatre in Whitefriars , before the year 1580 . See p . 45. A Woman's a Weathercock was performed at the private playhouse in Whitefriars in 1612. This theatre was , I ...
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... Blackfriars , that in Whitefriars , and The Cockpit could hardly have fallen into decay in fo fhort a period as forty years ; but I fuppofe was found too small for the new scenery introduced after the Reftoration . The Prologue to ...
... Blackfriars , that in Whitefriars , and The Cockpit could hardly have fallen into decay in fo fhort a period as forty years ; but I fuppofe was found too small for the new scenery introduced after the Reftoration . The Prologue to ...
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