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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... theatre is the most ancient in Europe , has claimed for his country an honour to which it is not en- titled . The era of the earliest representation in Italy , founded on holy writ , he has placed in the year 1264 , when the fraternity ...
... theatre is the most ancient in Europe , has claimed for his country an honour to which it is not en- titled . The era of the earliest representation in Italy , founded on holy writ , he has placed in the year 1264 , when the fraternity ...
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... theatre in Dublin in the reign of Queen Elizabeth was a booth ( if it may be called a theatre ) erected in Hoggin Green , now College Green , where Mysteries and Moralities were occasionally performed . It is strange , that so lately as ...
... theatre in Dublin in the reign of Queen Elizabeth was a booth ( if it may be called a theatre ) erected in Hoggin Green , now College Green , where Mysteries and Moralities were occasionally performed . It is strange , that so lately as ...
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... theatre on the site of the Duke of Burgundy's house ; and were authorised by an arret of parlia- ment to act , on ... theatres , I take this opportunity to observe , that the stages of France so lately as in the beginning of Queen ...
... theatre on the site of the Duke of Burgundy's house ; and were authorised by an arret of parlia- ment to act , on ... theatres , I take this opportunity to observe , that the stages of France so lately as in the beginning of Queen ...
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... Theatre . " In the representations of the Mysteries , the theatre represented paradise , heaven , hell , and earth , and all at once ; and though the action varied , there was no change of the decorations . After an actor had performed ...
... Theatre . " In the representations of the Mysteries , the theatre represented paradise , heaven , hell , and earth , and all at once ; and though the action varied , there was no change of the decorations . After an actor had performed ...
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... theatre , nor was there at that time any building in London constructed solely for the purpose of representing plays . Of the latter piece , which , as Mr. Warton has observed , is perhaps " the first specimen in our language of an ...
... theatre , nor was there at that time any building in London constructed solely for the purpose of representing plays . Of the latter piece , which , as Mr. Warton has observed , is perhaps " the first specimen in our language of an ...
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