The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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Page 135
... expressed the principle thus : 1 There were also poets that wrote only for the stage , I mean plays and interludes , to recreate the people with matters of disport , and to Cartwright , one of the " sons of Ben , " must have learned ...
... expressed the principle thus : 1 There were also poets that wrote only for the stage , I mean plays and interludes , to recreate the people with matters of disport , and to Cartwright , one of the " sons of Ben , " must have learned ...
Page 137
... expressed in these passages concerning the reaction of the audience is justified by a statement in Brome's Jovial Crew ( 1641 ) , V. i .: Oldrents . True stories and true jests do seldom thrive on stages . Even the themes of comedy were ...
... expressed in these passages concerning the reaction of the audience is justified by a statement in Brome's Jovial Crew ( 1641 ) , V. i .: Oldrents . True stories and true jests do seldom thrive on stages . Even the themes of comedy were ...
Page 249
... expressed in the last act of A Midsummer- Night's Dream ( Vi81 ) : Theseus . I will hear that play ; For never anything can be amiss When simpleness and duty tender it .... Hip . I love not to see wretchedness o'er - charged , And duty ...
... expressed in the last act of A Midsummer- Night's Dream ( Vi81 ) : Theseus . I will hear that play ; For never anything can be amiss When simpleness and duty tender it .... Hip . I love not to see wretchedness o'er - charged , And duty ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
A Variety of Demand | 172 |
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