Elizabethan-Jacobean Drama: The Theatre in Its TimeGwynne Blakemore Evans Treats, through excerpts from contemporary opinion and official documents, various aspects of the little world of theatre in the full context of Elizabethan-Jacobean life and times. |
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Page 117
... sort ( I mean the husbandman ) do exceed after their manner , especially at bride - ales , purifications of women , and such odd meetings , where it is incredible to tell what meat is consumed and spent , each one bringing such a dish ...
... sort ( I mean the husbandman ) do exceed after their manner , especially at bride - ales , purifications of women , and such odd meetings , where it is incredible to tell what meat is consumed and spent , each one bringing such a dish ...
Page 154
... sort add the third , which is at London ( serving only for such as study the laws of the realm ) , where there are sundry famous houses , of which three are called by the name of Inns of the Court , the rest of the Chancery , and all ...
... sort add the third , which is at London ( serving only for such as study the laws of the realm ) , where there are sundry famous houses , of which three are called by the name of Inns of the Court , the rest of the Chancery , and all ...
Page 356
... sort to pay such reasonable ransom as their estate would bear , and in the mean season to be free from galley or imprisonment . To this he so much the rather condescended as well , as I have said , for fear of further loss and mischief ...
... sort to pay such reasonable ransom as their estate would bear , and in the mean season to be free from galley or imprisonment . To this he so much the rather condescended as well , as I have said , for fear of further loss and mischief ...
Contents
The audience | 26 |
London companies and strolling players | 36 |
Play genres and repertories | 58 |
Copyright | |
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