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... tragedy in terza rima ( first printed at Venice in 1508 ) , also a comedy in five acts , and in terza rima , called Timone , by Boiardo , who died in 1494. In 1494 , Giacomo Nardi , translator of Livy , produced in Florence an Italian ...
... tragedy in terza rima ( first printed at Venice in 1508 ) , also a comedy in five acts , and in terza rima , called Timone , by Boiardo , who died in 1494. In 1494 , Giacomo Nardi , translator of Livy , produced in Florence an Italian ...
Page 332
... Tragedy of Gorboduc . Our first printed tragedy appeared , therefore , when Shakespeare was one year old . " ' Ralph Roister Doister , " our earliest comedy , was first printed in 1566 , when Shakespeare was two years old . Thus ...
... Tragedy of Gorboduc . Our first printed tragedy appeared , therefore , when Shakespeare was one year old . " ' Ralph Roister Doister , " our earliest comedy , was first printed in 1566 , when Shakespeare was two years old . Thus ...
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... tragedy of Titus and Berenice , from Racine's Bérénice , produced at the same time as Corneille's Tite et Bérénice , in 1670. The plays of Racine and Corneille were both written to order . Otway followed in his own way Racine's plot ...
... tragedy of Titus and Berenice , from Racine's Bérénice , produced at the same time as Corneille's Tite et Bérénice , in 1670. The plays of Racine and Corneille were both written to order . Otway followed in his own way Racine's plot ...
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