. St. Nicholas [serial]. ghoutthe play, and maybe sung with appropriate sixteenth centurymusic, while Shakspere himself is seen en-gaged in a battle of wits with Ben Jonson overa criticism of certain lines in A MidsummerNights Dream. The scene where Jonson andthe rest act out the thrilling experiences ofthei^^ final escape to Stratford illustrates thefacility with which the players of those daysturned everything into dramatic material. These are some of the points that Mr. Clay-ton Hamilton, the well-known dramatic critic,probably had in mind when he wrote that had charmingly recapt
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ghoutthe play, and maybe sung with appropriate sixteenth centurymusic, while Shakspere himself is seen en-gaged in a battle of wits with Ben Jonson overa criticism of certain lines in A MidsummerNights Dream. The scene where Jonson andthe rest act out the thrilling experiences ofthei^^ final escape to Stratford illustrates thefacility with which the players of those daysturned everything into dramatic material. These are some of the points that Mr. Clay-ton Hamilton, the well-known dramatic critic,probably had in mind when he wrote that had charmingly recaptured the spiritand the atmosphere of Shaksperes England,adding: I have read many plays in manu-script which have been designed as contribu-tions to the forthcoming celebration ; but Mas-ter Skylark is the only one that has appearedto me worthy of the great occasion. I hope that many groups of St. Nicholasreaders and their friends will want to givethis play. You will have an unusually goodtime doing it, I feel quite
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