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" ... the player when he cometh in, must ever begin with telling where he is, or else the tale will not be conceived. Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck... "
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Shakespeare and the Traditions of Comedy

Leo Salingar - Drama - 1974 - 372 pages
...must believe the stage to be a Garden. By and by, we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a Rock. Upon the back of that, comes out a hideous Monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a Cave. While...
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Neo-Classical Dramatic Criticism 1560-1770

Thora Burnley Jones, Bernard De Bear Nicol - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 200 pages
...the stage to be a garden. By and by we heare newes of shipwrack in the same place, then we are too blame if we accept it not for a Rock. Upon the back of that, comes out a hidious monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a Cave:...
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The Theatre in the Middle Ages: Western European Stage Conditions, C.800-1576

William Tydeman - Drama - 1978 - 322 pages
...beleeve the stage to be a Garden. By and by, we heare newes of shipwracke in the same place, and then wee are to blame if we accept it not for a Rock. Upon the backe of that, comes out a hidious Monster, with fire and smoke . . . two Armies flye in, represented...
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Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose and Poetry

Philip Sidney - History - 1983 - 580 pages
...and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, then we are to blame if we accept it not for...a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While...
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Elizabethan Stage Conventions and Modern Interpreters

Alan C. Dessen - Drama - 1984 - 212 pages
...must believe the stage to be a Garden. By and by, we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a Rock. Upon the back of that, comes out a hideous Monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a Cave. While...
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Elizabethan Popular Culture

Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While...
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Sources of Dramatic Theory: Volume 1, Plato to Congreve

Michael J. Sidnell - Drama - 1991 - 332 pages
...we must believe the stage to be a garden, By and by, we hear news of shipwreck in the same place and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock, Upon the back of that, comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While,...
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The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642

Andrew Gurr - Drama - 1992 - 298 pages
...beleeve the stage to be a Garden. By and by, we heare newes of shipwracke in the same place, and then wee are to blame if we accept it not for a Rock. Upon the backe of that, comes out a hidious Monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are...
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The Sidney Family Romance: Mary Wroth, William Herbert, and the Early Modern ...

Gary Fredric Waller - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 344 pages
...we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave . . . — and so...
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Shakespeare's Theory of Drama

Pauline Kiernan - Drama - 1998 - 236 pages
...we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place: and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke: and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While...
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