All about Shakespeare; . ayhouses—the other as the only onewhose site now retains a temple dedicated to the dramaticmuse—viz., that of Sadlers Wells. The Fortune was originally appointed for the nursery of thechildren of Henry VIII., and afterwards converted into atheatre, and partially rebuilt by Alleyn the player, thefounder of Dulwich College, who was also proprietor of theBear Garden. It was originally a round brick building, ofvast dimensions, as may be understood when it was advertised ALL ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. for sale as a space for twenty-three tenements with gardens,and a street cut thr
All about Shakespeare; . ayhouses—the other as the only onewhose site now retains a temple dedicated to the dramaticmuse—viz., that of Sadlers Wells. The Fortune was originally appointed for the nursery of thechildren of Henry VIII., and afterwards converted into atheatre, and partially rebuilt by Alleyn the player, thefounder of Dulwich College, who was also proprietor of theBear Garden. It was originally a round brick building, ofvast dimensions, as may be understood when it was advertised ALL ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. for sale as a space for twenty-three tenements with gardens,and a street cut through. This theatre shared the fate o£the Globe, being burned down to the ground in two hours oneSunday night in December, 1621, through some negligencewith a candle, and all the books, dresses, and other propertiesof the players consumed: whereby it is said—These poorecompanions are Sadlers Wells, the scion of the Red Bull Theatre, has notonly conserved the site of a stage where Shakespeare trod, but. THE TABARD INN, SOUTHWAUK. preserved a home for the king of dramatists, a Cordelia whoopened her tent to him when the Goneril and Regan ofDrury-lane and. Go vent-garden drove him away. Under theregime of Mr. Phelps, and later of Miss Marriott, Shakespeare ALL ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. has reigned here undisputed, where, though the throne besmall, his subjects are many and loyal. As an actor Shakespeare was not great. Whether hislameness, or his modesty, or distaste, restrained him fromassuming any prominent part, is a matter of question. Heis known to haye played the Ghost in Hamlet, but noprincipal character. There was no lack, however, of goodperformers to sustain the leading parts: Richard Burbage,
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