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... published in quarto form in 1608. An older play , King Leir , provided materials for Shakespeare's play , as did Holinshed's Chronicles . The Gloucester sub - plot is from Sidney's novel Arcadia , 1590. Lear , king of Britain , divides ...
... published in quarto form in 1608. An older play , King Leir , provided materials for Shakespeare's play , as did Holinshed's Chronicles . The Gloucester sub - plot is from Sidney's novel Arcadia , 1590. Lear , king of Britain , divides ...
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... published in the Folio of 1623. A play on the same sub- ject , The Taming of A Shrew , published in 1594 , is believed by some to be the source used by Shakespeare , by others to be a corrupt pirated version of Shakespeare's work . The ...
... published in the Folio of 1623. A play on the same sub- ject , The Taming of A Shrew , published in 1594 , is believed by some to be the source used by Shakespeare , by others to be a corrupt pirated version of Shakespeare's work . The ...
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... published to date . It includes informative notes on a hundred titles , together with additional books on the same subjects . 117. GILDER , ROSAMOND and GEORGE FREEDLEY : Theatre Collections In Libraries and Museums . An International ...
... published to date . It includes informative notes on a hundred titles , together with additional books on the same subjects . 117. GILDER , ROSAMOND and GEORGE FREEDLEY : Theatre Collections In Libraries and Museums . An International ...
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CONTENTS | xi |
Preface George Freedley | xii |
Acoustics 2343 | 24 |
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