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acted actor allusion authorship Beaumont Cæsar Chapman character chronicle play Cibber classical clever comedy of manners Congreve contemporary court Davenant death Dekker dialogue dramatist Dryden Earl earlier earliest Elizabethan England English drama especially example famous Fletcher Gorboduc Hamlet hand Henry Henslowe Henslowe's heroic play Heywood honour humour imitation interest interlude intrigue John Jonson Julius Cæsar King James King Lear Lady later less literary literature London lover Lyly Macbeth Maid's Tragedy Marlowe masque Massinger matter mediæval Meliboea Middleton miracle play Molière moral nature opera original passion pastoral personages Philaster players playhouses playwrights plot poet poetic poetry popular stage Prince Queen recognised reign revenge revival Richard Richard III rival romantic royal satire scene Sejanus Senecan Shakespeare Shirley Shirley's Spanish Tragedy spirit story success Tamburlaine theatre theatrical things Thomas tion tragic tragicomedy wife William William Rowley writing written wrote