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Shakespeare Adaptations from the Restoration: Five Plays - Page 5
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...mentioned that he had been " told by some anciently conversant with the stage, that our poet only gave some master-touches to one or two of the principal parts or characters." The very curious papers lately discovered in Dulwich College, from which large extracts are given at...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...mentioned that he had been "told by some anciently conversant with the stage, that our poet only ljave some master-touches to one or two of the principal parts or characters." The very curious papers lately discovered in Dulwich College, from which large extracts are given at...
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Names of dramas : M-Z. Latin plays by English authors. Oratorios. Appendix ...

David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 492 pages
...was not originallyShakspeare's, but brought by a private author to be acted, and that he only gave some mastertouches to one or two of the principal parts or characters. However, as Theobald admitted it into his edition of this author's works, we cannot think ourselves...
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Biographia Dramatica: Names of the dramas: M-Z. Latin plays by English ...

David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 500 pages
...was' not originallyShakspeare's, but brought by a private author to be acted, and that he only gave some mastertouches to one or two of the principal parts or characters. However, as Theobald admitted it into his edition of this author's works, we cannot think ourselves...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 668 pages
...mentioned that he had been " told by some anciently conversant with the stage, that our poet only gave some master-touches to one or two of the principal parts or characters." The very curious papers lately discovered in Dulwich College, from which large extracts are given at...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 578 pages
...stage, that it was not originally his, but brought by a private author to be acted, and he only gave some master-touches to one or two of the principal parts or characters." " A booke entitled A noble Roman Hittorie of Titus Andronicus" was entered at Stationers'-Hall, Feb....
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 101

1831 - 722 pages
...play was not originally Shakspeare's, but brought by a private actor to be acted, and he only gave some mastertouches to one or two of the principal parts or characters." He whose success entirely depends upon public approbation, must be an observant man, and his taste...
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A Dictionary of Old English Plays, Existing Either in Print Or in Manuscript ...

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1860 - 312 pages
...was not originally Shakespeare's, but brought by a private author to be acted, and that he only gave some master-touches to one or two of the principal parts or characters. TITUS ANDRONICUS. An alteration of Shakespeare's play, published under the following title, — Titus...
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A Dictionary of Old English Plays, Existing Either in Print Or in Manuscript ...

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1860 - 312 pages
...was not originally Shakespeare's, but brought by a private author to be acted, and that he only gave some master-touches to one or two of the principal parts or characters. TITUS ANDRONICUS. An alteration of Shakespeare's play, published under the following title, — Titus...
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Jahrbuch der Deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft, Volume 36

1900 - 508 pages
...was not originally his [Shakespeare's], but brought by a private author to be acted, and he only gave some master-touches to one or two of the principal parts or characters.» Only four years after these Statements had been niade, Langbaine. the historian of the stage, and a...
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