The Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies of Mr. William Shakespeare: As Presented at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatres, Circa 1591-1623; Being the Text Furnished the Players, in Parallel Pages With the

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Excerpt from The Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies of Mr. William Shakespeare: As Presented at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatres, Circa 1591-1623; Being the Text Furnished the Players, in Parallel Pages With the First Revised Folio Text, With Critical Introductions<br/><br/>But, in spite of all this data, there is no play as to which more doubts are expressed or more contro versies waged. The theories principally urged in respect to it are: (1) that the play was written by Marlowe and touched up by Shakespeare; (2) that it was written by Greene, Marlowe, and Shake speare; (3) that Shakespeare had nothing to do with it; and (4) that it was Shakespeare's first work. For myself, I accept the latter theory entirely, be cause, ih the first place, I think the signs of a first effort are everywhere prominent; in the second place, because the first effort of a writer usually follows models most prominent and positive in their character at the date; and in the third place, because the Elizabethan theatres at that date possessed the resources and stage traditions for producing just such a play, with just such a business as the text called for, and were frequented by audiences who just then demanded exactly such dramatic work.<br/><br/>To illustrate these propositions may possibly call for somewhat extended examination of the stage proced ure of the date.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Forgotten Books
9780656181438
Hardcover
2018
EN
245 pages
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