Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan ProseBritish Shakespearean scholar JOHN DOVER WILSON (1881-1969) is best remembered for his explications of the Bard, particularly his acclaimed 1935 work What Happens in Hamlet. Here, however, he takes a rather more oblique approach to enlightening us to the world of Shakespeare, gathering together in this 1913 volume writings by contemporaries of the playwright's-some famous, some not-that illuminate the artistic society and ordinary life of Elizabethan England. Discover what the firsthand observers of the day thought about: [ English snobbery [ country sports [ festivals and revelry [ superstition, ghosts, and astrology [ parenting and children [ impressions of London [ the plague [ playhouses and bear-gardens [ the actor and his craft [ house and home [ rogues and vagabonds [ and much, much more |
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... ( Midsummer Night's Dream , Induction to the Taming of the Shrew , As You Like It , Winter's Tale ) COUNTRY - FOLK • A country gentleman , a franklin , a farmer , a milk- maid , a shepherd § 1 . § 2 . SPORT Hunting , football , bowling ...
... ( Midsummer Night's Dream , Induction to the Taming of the Shrew , As You Like It , Winter's Tale ) COUNTRY - FOLK • A country gentleman , a franklin , a farmer , a milk- maid , a shepherd § 1 . § 2 . SPORT Hunting , football , bowling ...
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... ( Midsummer Night's Dream , Henry V , Hamlet ) § 1 . THEATRICAL CONDITIONS IN 1580 155 Aesthetic and moral condemnation § 2 . PLAYHOUSES AND BEAR - GARDENS 160 The first London theatres , a German at the theatre , structure of playhouse ...
... ( Midsummer Night's Dream , Henry V , Hamlet ) § 1 . THEATRICAL CONDITIONS IN 1580 155 Aesthetic and moral condemnation § 2 . PLAYHOUSES AND BEAR - GARDENS 160 The first London theatres , a German at the theatre , structure of playhouse ...
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... Midsummer Night's Dream , IV . i . 125-130 If you would have your kennel for sweetness of cry , then you must compound it of some large dogs that have deep solemn mouths and are swift in spending , which must , as it were , bear the ...
... Midsummer Night's Dream , IV . i . 125-130 If you would have your kennel for sweetness of cry , then you must compound it of some large dogs that have deep solemn mouths and are swift in spending , which must , as it were , bear the ...
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... Midsummer Night's Dream , iv . i . 138—139 Against May , Whitsunday , or some other time of the year , every parish , town and village assemble themselves together , both men , women and children , old and young , even all in ...
... Midsummer Night's Dream , iv . i . 138—139 Against May , Whitsunday , or some other time of the year , every parish , town and village assemble themselves together , both men , women and children , old and young , even all in ...
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... Midsummer Night's Dream , III . ii . 381-387 How many stories and books are written of walking spirits and souls of men , contrary to the word of God , a reasonable volume cannot contain . How common an opinion was it among the papists ...
... Midsummer Night's Dream , III . ii . 381-387 How many stories and books are written of walking spirits and souls of men , contrary to the word of God , a reasonable volume cannot contain . How common an opinion was it among the papists ...
Contents
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LONDON | 75 |
BOOKS AND AUTHORS | 140 |
THE THEATRE | 154 |
THE AUDIENCE | 166 |
THE ACTOR AND HIS CRAFT | 172 |
CHAPTER IX | 208 |
10 | 235 |
THE | 251 |
16 | 254 |
of the Revenge discovery colonization travellers tales | 274 |
233 | 291 |
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