The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His Dramatic Plots and Characters; and Essays on the Ancient Theatres and Theatrical Usages, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 - Dramatists, English |
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Page 115
... feet , reduced by necessary arrangements to an internal area of fifty - five feet square . The length of the stage from side to side was to be forty - three feet , and in depth it was to extend over half the space of the internal area ...
... feet , reduced by necessary arrangements to an internal area of fifty - five feet square . The length of the stage from side to side was to be forty - three feet , and in depth it was to extend over half the space of the internal area ...
Page 116
... feet every way , reduced on each side by galleries of twelve feet and a half , would certainly leave a square area of fifty - five feet on every side . But as the stage would necessarily occupy one side of the square , and the depth of ...
... feet every way , reduced on each side by galleries of twelve feet and a half , would certainly leave a square area of fifty - five feet on every side . But as the stage would necessarily occupy one side of the square , and the depth of ...
Page 117
... feet . 6 feet . jecture is sketched below . The height of the theatre was probably thirty - eight feet , allowing six feet for the height of the stage and undermost gallery , or row of boxes , which would , I suppose , be on a level ...
... feet . 6 feet . jecture is sketched below . The height of the theatre was probably thirty - eight feet , allowing six feet for the height of the stage and undermost gallery , or row of boxes , which would , I suppose , be on a level ...
Page 189
... feet forward , as men be born outward , and ( as the fame runneth also ) not untoothed , whether men of hatred report above the truth , or else that nature changed her course in his beginning , which in the course of his life many ...
... feet forward , as men be born outward , and ( as the fame runneth also ) not untoothed , whether men of hatred report above the truth , or else that nature changed her course in his beginning , which in the course of his life many ...
Page 285
... feet to tread , If that by that we might procure their ease . And for a president I'll first begin , And lay my hand under my husband's feet . " The underplot of Shakspeare's play consists of the adventures of a young man who falls in ...
... feet to tread , If that by that we might procure their ease . And for a president I'll first begin , And lay my hand under my husband's feet . " The underplot of Shakspeare's play consists of the adventures of a young man who falls in ...
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