Shakespeare's England: Or, Sketches of Our Social History of the Reign of Elizabeth, Volumul 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 |
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Pagina 8
... 67. , and down to nothing . The dramatic writer frequently obtained 20 nobles , or 6l . 13s . 4d . , for a play . Shakspere is said to have got 51. for Hamlet ; plays ACTORS AND ACTRESSES . were sold at the door for 8 SHAKSPERE'S ENGLAND .
... 67. , and down to nothing . The dramatic writer frequently obtained 20 nobles , or 6l . 13s . 4d . , for a play . Shakspere is said to have got 51. for Hamlet ; plays ACTORS AND ACTRESSES . were sold at the door for 8 SHAKSPERE'S ENGLAND .
Pagina 9
... writers were retained by a payment of earnest money . Actors were fined for missing rehearsals , for not being dressed at the time of performance , and for being drunk at the hour of the curtain drawing up . Actors took apprentices ...
... writers were retained by a payment of earnest money . Actors were fined for missing rehearsals , for not being dressed at the time of performance , and for being drunk at the hour of the curtain drawing up . Actors took apprentices ...
Pagina 13
... writers of that day moved . Men were always meeting at the theatre in the morning ; at an ordinary at noon ; at the bear garden in the afternoon ; and at the mask or tavern in the evening : every new arrival was noted down , and the ...
... writers of that day moved . Men were always meeting at the theatre in the morning ; at an ordinary at noon ; at the bear garden in the afternoon ; and at the mask or tavern in the evening : every new arrival was noted down , and the ...
Pagina 14
... writer : the poet read epigrams aloud at the table d'hôte , and quoted play scraps at every turn . The player never was in want of invitations : the Inn of Court men were his great patrons , and invited him to supper in their rooms ...
... writer : the poet read epigrams aloud at the table d'hôte , and quoted play scraps at every turn . The player never was in want of invitations : the Inn of Court men were his great patrons , and invited him to supper in their rooms ...
Pagina 21
... writer of the same sour , unloving sect ; " such pulling and shouldering to sit by the women , such care of their garments that they be not trod on , such eyes on their laps that no chips litter on them , such pillowing of their back ...
... writer of the same sour , unloving sect ; " such pulling and shouldering to sit by the women , such care of their garments that they be not trod on , such eyes on their laps that no chips litter on them , such pillowing of their back ...
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Pagina 56 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
Pagina 39 - If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended: That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend.
Pagina 41 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Pagina 45 - ... life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then and wish I were renew'd, Whilst, like a willing patient, I will drink Potions of eisel 'gainst my strong infection ; No bitterness that I will bitter think, Nor double penance, to correct correction. Pity me then, dear friend, and I assure ye Even that your pity is enough to cure me.
Pagina 12 - M. William Shak-speare : HIS True Chronicle Historic of the life and death of King LEAR and his three Daughters. With the unfortunate life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster, and his sullen and assumed humor of TOM of Bedlam : As it was played before the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall vpon S.
Pagina 313 - The queen dines and sups alone with very few attendants ; and it is very seldom that any body, foreigner or native, is admitted at that time, and then only at the intercession of somebody in power.
Pagina 45 - tis true I have gone here and there And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new.
Pagina 313 - At the end of all this ceremonial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the table, and conveyed it into the Queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the Court.
Pagina 311 - Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Pagina 58 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.