ShakspereMacmillan, 1893 - 167 pages |
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... Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines , so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for Comedy , Ᏼ witness his Gentlemen of Verona , his Errors , his ...
... Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines , so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for Comedy , Ᏼ witness his Gentlemen of Verona , his Errors , his ...
Page 66
... Plautus - mistakes of identity arising from the likeness of twin - born children . How Shakspere made acquaintance with Plautus we are not certain ; possibly through William Warner's translation of the Menæchmi , seen in manuscript ...
... Plautus - mistakes of identity arising from the likeness of twin - born children . How Shakspere made acquaintance with Plautus we are not certain ; possibly through William Warner's translation of the Menæchmi , seen in manuscript ...
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... Plautus , but most like and neere to that in Italian called Inganni . ” There are two Italian plays of an earlier date than Twelfth Night , entitled Gl ' Inganni ( The Cheats ) , containing incidents in some degree resembling those of ...
... Plautus , but most like and neere to that in Italian called Inganni . ” There are two Italian plays of an earlier date than Twelfth Night , entitled Gl ' Inganni ( The Cheats ) , containing incidents in some degree resembling those of ...
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