The flight from Stratford
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29
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IV—ON THE LONDON STAGE
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|
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1586
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The journey to London
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31
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Richard Field, Shakespeare townsman
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32
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Theatrical employment
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32
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A playhouse servitor
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32
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The acting companies
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34
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The Lord Chamberlain’s company
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35
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Shakespeare, a member of the Lord Chamberlain’s company
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36
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The London theatres
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36
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Place of residence in London
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38
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Actors’ provincial tours
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39
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Shakespeare’s alleged travels
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40
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In Scotland
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41
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In Italy
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42
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Shakespeare’s rôles
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43
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His alleged scorn of an actor’s calling
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45
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V—EARLY DRAMATIC WORK
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|
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The period of his dramatic work, 1591–1611
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46
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His borrowed plots
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47
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The revision of plays
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47
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Chronology of the plays
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48
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Metrical tests
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49
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1591
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
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50
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1591
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Two Gentlemen of Verona
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52
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1592
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Comedy of Errors
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53
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1592
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Romeo and Juliet
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55
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1592, March
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Henry VI
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56
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1592, Sept.
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Greene’s attack on Shakespeare
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57
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Chettle’s apology
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58
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Divided authorship of Henry VI
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59
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Shakespeare’s coadjutors
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60
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Shakespeare’s assimilative power
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61
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Lyly’s influence in comedy
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61
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Marlowe’s influence in tragedy
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63
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1593
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Richard III
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63
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1593
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Richard II
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64
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