Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan ProseCosimo, Inc., 01.01.2008 - 328 Seiten British Shakespearean scholar JOHN DOVER WILSON (1881-1969) is best remembered for his explications of the Bard, particularly his acclaimed 1935 work What Happens in Hamlet. Here, however, he takes a rather more oblique approach to enlightening us to the world of Shakespeare, gathering together in this 1913 volume writings by contemporaries of the playwright's-some famous, some not-that illuminate the artistic society and ordinary life of Elizabethan England. Discover what the firsthand observers of the day thought about: [ English snobbery [ country sports [ festivals and revelry [ superstition, ghosts, and astrology [ parenting and children [ impressions of London [ the plague [ playhouses and bear-gardens [ the actor and his craft [ house and home [ rogues and vagabonds [ and much, much more |
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... unto the nobility , knights and squires , have the greatest charge and doings in the commonwealth , or rather are more travailed to serve in it than all the rest : as shall appear hereafter . I call him a yeoman whom our laws do call ...
... unto the nobility , knights and squires , have the greatest charge and doings in the commonwealth , or rather are more travailed to serve in it than all the rest : as shall appear hereafter . I call him a yeoman whom our laws do call ...
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... unto them . THOMAS NASHE , Christs Teares over Ierusalem 1593 The gentlemen disdain traffic , thinking it to abase gentry , but in Italy with graver counsel the very princes disdain not to be merchants by the great , and hardly leave ...
... unto them . THOMAS NASHE , Christs Teares over Ierusalem 1593 The gentlemen disdain traffic , thinking it to abase gentry , but in Italy with graver counsel the very princes disdain not to be merchants by the great , and hardly leave ...
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... unto you it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight , than a play or recreation ; a bloody and murdering practice , than a fellowly sport or pastime . For doth not every one lie in wait for his adversary , seeking to overthrow him ...
... unto you it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight , than a play or recreation ; a bloody and murdering practice , than a fellowly sport or pastime . For doth not every one lie in wait for his adversary , seeking to overthrow him ...
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... unto them . At such a play my father took me with him , and made me stand between his legs , as he sat upon one of the benches , where we saw and heard very well . The play was called The Cradle of Security , wherein was personated a ...
... unto them . At such a play my father took me with him , and made me stand between his legs , as he sat upon one of the benches , where we saw and heard very well . The play was called The Cradle of Security , wherein was personated a ...
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... unto them the souls of purgatory ; and most seldom the souls of saints . Also they say that in the old law souls did appear seldom ; and after doomsday they shall never be seen more : in the time of grace they shall be most frequent ...
... unto them the souls of purgatory ; and most seldom the souls of saints . Also they say that in the old law souls did appear seldom ; and after doomsday they shall never be seen more : in the time of grace they shall be most frequent ...
Inhalt
1 | |
10 | |
22 | |
29 | |
40 | |
LONDON | 75 |
BOOKS AND AUTHORS | 140 |
THE THEATRE | 154 |
THE AUDIENCE | 166 |
THE ACTOR AND HIS CRAFT | 172 |
CHAPTER IX | 208 |
10 | 235 |
THE | 251 |
16 | 254 |
of the Revenge discovery colonization travellers tales | 274 |
233 | 291 |
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acquaintance amongst apparel attire beasts better body called carbonadoed chamber comedy command common commonly court dance devil dice dinner dish divers doth drink Duke of Würtemberg England English eyes Falstaff fashion fear fellow FYNES MORYSON gentlemen GERVASE MARKHAM give hand hast hath head Henry IV honest honour horse keep King labour land learning live London look Lord Majesty manner master means meat Merchant of Venice merry Midsummer Night's Dream morning never NICHOLAS BRETON night persons PHILIP STUBBES play players poor Queen quoth Robin rogues saith scholars servants shew shillings ships sometimes sort speak STEPHEN GOSSON strange sundry tavern theatre thee thereof things THOMAS DEKKER THOMAS NASHE thou trenchers unto wherein wine withal words worthy young