179
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1599
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The Passionate Pilgrim
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182
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1601
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The Phœnix and the Turtle
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183
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XII—THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE
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Shakespeare’s practical temperament
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185
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His father’s difficulties
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186
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His wife’s debt
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187
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1596–9
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The coat of arms
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188
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1597, May 4.
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The purchase of New Place
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193
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1598
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Fellow-townsmen appear to Shakespeare for aid
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195
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Shakespeare’s financial position before 1599
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196
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Shakespeare’s financial position after 1599
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200
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His later income
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202
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Incomes of fellow actors
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203
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1601–1610
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Shakespeare’s formation of his estate at Stratford
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204
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1605
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The Stratford tithes
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205
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1600–1609
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Recovery of small debts
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206
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XIII—MATURITY OF GENIUS
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Literary work in 1599
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207
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1599
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Much Ado about Nothing
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208
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1599
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As You Like It
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209
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1600
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Twelfth Night
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209
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1601
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Julius Cæsar
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211
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The strife between adult actors and boy actors
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213
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Shakespeare’s references to the struggle
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216
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1601
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Ben Jonson’s Poetaster
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217
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Shakespeare’s alleged partisanship in the theatrical warfare
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219
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1602
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Hamlet
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221
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The problem of its publication
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222
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The First Quarto, 1603
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222
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The Second Quarto, 1604
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223
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The Folio version, 1623
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223
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Popularity of Hamlet
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224
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1603
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Troilus and Cressida
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225
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Treatment of the theme
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227
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1603, March 26
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Queen Elizabeth’s death
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229
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James I’s patronage
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230
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XIV—THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY
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1604, Nov.
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Othello
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235
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1604, Dec.
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Measure for Measure
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237
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1606
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Macbeth
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239
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1607
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King Lear
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241
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1608
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Timon of Athens
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242
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1608
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Pericles
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243
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1608
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Antony and Cleopatra
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245
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1609
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Coriolanus
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247
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XV—THE LATEST PLAYS
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The placid temper of the latest plays
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248
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1610
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