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Shakespeare's Christmas and other stories

By Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

2020-02-27 00:51:40

At the theatre in Shoreditch, on Christmas Eve, 1598, the Lord Chamberlain's servants presented a new comedy. Never had the Burbages played to such a house. It cheered every speech—good, bad, or indifferent. To be sure, some of the dramatis person� ... Read more
At the theatre in Shoreditch, on Christmas Eve, 1598, the Lord Chamberlain's servants presented a new comedy. Never had the Burbages played to such a house. It cheered every speech—good, bad, or indifferent. To be sure, some of the dramatis personæ—Prince Hal and Falstaff, Bardolph and Mistress Quickly—were old friends; but this alone would not account for such a welcome. A cutpurse in the twopenny gallery who had been paid to lead the applause gave up toiling in the wake of it and leaned back with a puzzled grin. Less

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File size505.623 KB
Print pages378
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2015-08-22
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1330938508

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