| Edwin Lees - 1854 - 94 Seiten
...antique external staircase, roofed with tile ; but this characteristic feature has also passed away. There is a circumstance connected with the Guildhall...playing, the mayor, aldermen and council of the city appointed the first play, attending upon it, and paying the actors out of the corporation purse, the... | |
| Edwin Lees - 1854 - 108 Seiten
...thoughts of the bard's early youth, it is necessary to mention. It was usual in Queen Elizabeth's tune when " players of enterludes" came to any town, first...servants" they were, and so get license for their public playiug, the mayor, aldermen and council of the city appointed the first play, attending upon it, and... | |
| 1860 - 164 Seiten
...youth, it is necessary to mention. It was usual in Queen Elizabeth's time, when " players of interludes" came to any town, first to attend on the mayor, inform...gratis. The place of performance in Stratford was this Guild Hall; and Mr. Halliwell, in his " Life of Shakespeare," says, that when the poet was a boy, "... | |
| Sir Sidney Lee - 1890 - 324 Seiten
...about them. When the players came to a town, he tells us, they first waited on the mayor or bailiff to inform him "what nobleman's servants they were, and so get license for their public playing." If the mayor liked the players, or wished to show their master respect, he would invite them to play... | |
| Sir Sidney Lee - 1907 - 366 Seiten
...the players came to a town, he tells us, they first waited on the mayor or bailiff to inform him 1 what nobleman's servants they were, and so get license for their public playing.' If the mayor liked the players, or wished to show their master respect, he would invite them to play... | |
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