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... PLAYERS AT STRATFORD . The Bailiff's Play ............... 121 Thomas Sackville ........... 144 Itinerant Players [ R. W. Buss ] 128 ........... 145 Note on Sidney's Defence of Poesy CHAPTER XI . - LIVING IN THE PAST . ........ 155 ...
... PLAYERS AT STRATFORD . The Bailiff's Play ............... 121 Thomas Sackville ........... 144 Itinerant Players [ R. W. Buss ] 128 ........... 145 Note on Sidney's Defence of Poesy CHAPTER XI . - LIVING IN THE PAST . ........ 155 ...
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... in 1623 , aged 67. She was ta about seven years olde : than her husband . PERYGI [ The Bailiff's Play ] CHAPTER X. THE ancient. [ Chimney corner of the Kitchen in Henley Street- ] THE PLAYERS AT STRATFORD . WILLIAM SHAKSPERE :
... in 1623 , aged 67. She was ta about seven years olde : than her husband . PERYGI [ The Bailiff's Play ] CHAPTER X. THE ancient. [ Chimney corner of the Kitchen in Henley Street- ] THE PLAYERS AT STRATFORD . WILLIAM SHAKSPERE :
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... players , and of twelve pence to the Earl of Worcester's players . In 1573 the Earl of Leicester's players received five shillings and eightpence . In 1576 " my Lord of Warwick's players " have a gratuity of seventeen shillings , and ...
... players , and of twelve pence to the Earl of Worcester's players . In 1573 the Earl of Leicester's players received five shillings and eightpence . In 1576 " my Lord of Warwick's players " have a gratuity of seventeen shillings , and ...
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... players at the comaundement of Mr. Baliffe , viiis . ivd . " It thus appears that there had been three sets of players at Stratford within a short distance of the time when William Shakspere was sixteen years of age . We shall here ...
... players at the comaundement of Mr. Baliffe , viiis . ivd . " It thus appears that there had been three sets of players at Stratford within a short distance of the time when William Shakspere was sixteen years of age . We shall here ...
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... players out of the public money . The first performance of each company in this town was the bailiff's , or chief magistrate's , play ; and thus , when the father of William Shak- spere was bailiff , the boy might have stood " between ...
... players out of the public money . The first performance of each company in this town was the bailiff's , or chief magistrate's , play ; and thus , when the father of William Shak- spere was bailiff , the boy might have stood " between ...
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