William Shakespeare: A Documentary Volume, Volume 263

Catherine Loomis

Gale Group, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 390 pages

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Contents

• 15641591: 5
• 1592March 1603: 27
• John Shakespeare Cited for Failing to Attend Church: 30
• Henslowe Records Performances of a Play about Henry VI: 38
• Possible Allusion to The Rape ofLucrece in Draytons Matilda: 44
• Account of an Attempted Performance of The Comedy of Errors: 50
• Stationers Register Entry: 52
• Writ of Attachment Requested against Shakespeare and Others: 58
• Stationers Register Entries: 65
• Shakespeare Listed as Hoarding Grain: 71
• Shakespeare Is Paid for a Load of Stone: 78
• Allusion to Loves Labors Lost in Toftes Alba: 86
• Further Details of Shakespeares Share of the Globe: 95
• Publications: 100
• The Publication of Englands Helicon: 106
• Allusions to Venus and Adonis and Lucrece in Lanes: 112
• The Publication of Chesters Loves Martyr: 117
• Publications: 123
• Hercules Underhill Acknowledges Shakespeares Ownership: 129
• Allusion to Shakespeare in A mournefull Dittie: 136
• April 16031616: 137
• Shakespeare Named in Phillipss Will: 158
• Hubauds Bond to Shakespeare: 165
• Allusion to Justice Shallow in Woodhouses The Flea: 171
• Possible Allusions to Richard III and Twelfth Night in Dekkers: 177
• The Kings Men Paid for Court Performances: 180
• Mary Shakespeares Burial Record: 186
• Stationers Register Entries: 195
• Pericles and King Lear Performed at Gowthwaite Hall: 196
• Allusion to Falstaff in Sharpes More Fooles Yet: 202
• Bill of Complaint Regarding the Stratford Tithes: 208
• Publications: 215
• Shakespeare and Burbage Paid for Impresa: 221
• The Kings Men Paid for Court Performances: 227
• Publication: 228
• The Kings Men Paid for Court Performances: 235
• Publication: 249
• Shakespeares Posthumous Reputation and the First Folio: 253
• Appendix: 273
• Regulations for the Theater: 281
• Epigrams and Satires: 289
• AntiTheatrical Tracts: 304
• Practical Matters: 310
• Cumulative Index: 319

Bibliographic information

• Title: William Shakespeare: A Documentary Volume, Volume 263; A Bruccoli Clark Layman book; Volume 263 of Dictionary of literary biography; William Shakespeare: a documentary volume
• Editor: Catherine Loomis
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Gale Group, 2002
• ISBN: 0787660078, 9780787660079
• Length: 390 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Biography & Autobiography / Reference; Literary Criticism / Shakespeare