Shakespeare and the Modern Stage; with Other Essays. Sir Sidney Lee

Shakespeare and the Modern Stage; with Other Essays

of the Capitalist 123 III. Possibilities of the Artistic Improvement of Theatrical Organisation in England 127 IV. Indications of a Demand for a Municipal Theatre 129 V. The Teaching of Foreign Experience. The Example of Vienna 134 VI. The Conditions of Success in England 138

VII

Aspects of Shakespeare's Philosophy

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I.	The Conflicting Attitudes of Bacon and Shakespeare to Formal Philosophy	142
II.	Shakespeare's "Natural" Philosophy. Concealment of his Personality in his Plays	148
III.	His Lofty Conception of Public Virtue. Frequency of his Denunciation of Royal "Ceremony"	152
IV.	The Duty of Obedience to Authority	161
V.	The Moral Atmosphere of Shakespearean Drama	164
VI.	Shakespeare's Insistence on the Freedom of the Will	166
VII.	His Humour and Optimism	169

VIII

Shakespeare and Patriotism

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I.	The Natural Instinct of Patriotism. Dangers of Excess and Defect	170
II.	An Attempt to Co-ordinate Shakespeare's Detached Illustrations of the Working of Patriotic Sentiment. His Ridicule of Bellicose Ecstasy. Coriolanus illustrates the Danger of Disavowing Patriotism	172
III.	Criticism of One's Fellow-countrymen Consistent with Patriotism. Shakespeare on the Political History of England. The Country's Dependence on the Command of the Sea. The Respect Due to a Nation's Traditions and Experience	179
IV.	Shakespeare's Exposure of Social Foibles and Errors	184
V.	Relevance of Shakespeare's Doctrine of Patriotism to Current Affairs	187

A Peril of Shakespearean Research

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I.	An Alleged Meeting of Peele, Ben Jonson, Alleyn, and Shakespeare at "The Globe" in 1600	188
II.	The Fabrication by George Steevens in 1763 of a Letter signed "G. Peel"	190
III.	Popular Acceptance of the Forgery. Its Unchallenged Circulation through the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Centuries	194

Shakespeare in France

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Amicable Literary Relations between France and England from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

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