All about Shakespeare; . p (theoriginal Dogberry), Henry Condell, William Sly, RichardCowley; John Lowin, Alexander Cooke (the heroine of thestage), Robert Armin, Nathaniel Field, Joseph Taylor (in-structed to^ pUy Hamlet by Shakespeare), and the lesserlights, such as, Laurence Fletcher, Edmond Shakespeare (thepoets brother), Thomas Pope, George -Bryan, Samuel Cross,Samuel Gilbume, William Ostler, John Underwood, NicholasTooley, William Ecclestone, Robert Benfield, Robert Goughe,Richard Robinson, John Shancke, Richard Perkins, and JohnRice, were all actors in Shakespeares,dramas. ALL ABOUT SHA
All about Shakespeare; . p (theoriginal Dogberry), Henry Condell, William Sly, RichardCowley; John Lowin, Alexander Cooke (the heroine of thestage), Robert Armin, Nathaniel Field, Joseph Taylor (in-structed to^ pUy Hamlet by Shakespeare), and the lesserlights, such as, Laurence Fletcher, Edmond Shakespeare (thepoets brother), Thomas Pope, George -Bryan, Samuel Cross,Samuel Gilbume, William Ostler, John Underwood, NicholasTooley, William Ecclestone, Robert Benfield, Robert Goughe,Richard Robinson, John Shancke, Richard Perkins, and JohnRice, were all actors in Shakespeares,dramas. ALL ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. Had - our poet been an actor only, he would never havebecome opulent, and -been enabled, as he was, to go down toStratford once every year, to visit hin family, keep warm oldfriendships and associations, and enjoy the perfumed air andnatural beauties of the place. As an author, writing forbread, and for the necessities of the stage, when it was verydifferent to what it now is, and as a theatrical proprietor, he. NATHANIEL FIELD. in time acquired, not merely a handsome competency, but thecountenance, the friendship, and th? esteem of powerfulpatrons. The Earl of Southampton lavished innumerablefavours upon him, dnd Queen Elizabeth laid herself out topay tribute to the nobility of his nature and his genius. Itwas at her Majestys express desir6 that he wrote the MerryWives of Windsor, in order to intlroduoe Sir John Falstaff inthe character, not of a hero, but of a lover; and not contentwith seeing his plays enacted, she took especial delight ininviting him to. Court, to read them before her, justly con-ceiving Shakespeare himself to be the fittest exponent of his ALL ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. own matchless creations. Shakespeare was not ungrateful forthis mark of royal preference, which he acknowledged bybegging the Queens gracious acceptance of a copy of hisworks.
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