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Old and New London
… or, as it is called, quietus" (a legal word used by Shakespeare in Hamlet's great soliloquy). "The assaying of … picture (attributed to Giulio Romano, the only painter Shakespeare mentions in his plays). In the foreground is St. …
Old and New London
… and here for many years he regularly repaired, with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, … tale of Raleigh founding the 'Mermaid Club,' of which Shakespeare is said to have been a member, has not been … you will have made a real contribution to our knowledge of Shakespeare's time, even if you fail to show that our poet …
Old and New London
… the PoetAlderman Boydell, the PrintsellenHis Edition of Shakespeare"Puck"The LotteryDeath and Burial. The Cheapside … removing real evils) beheaded the Lord Say, as readers of Shakespeare's historical plays will remember; and in 1461 … of modern historical pictures, the subjects being from Shakespeare's plays, and which was called 'The Shakespeare …
Old and New London
… His last performance was the part of Prospero, in Shakespeare's "Tempest," November 20th, 1769; and he died of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the plasterwork by Thomas Roberts, the joinery by George Shakespeare and John Phillips. 62 Unfortunately the stone … time the history of Christ Church has in the main followed Shakespeare's prediction, though unfinish'd, yet so famous So … Later, and also in Wolsey's Hall, a performance of Shakespeare's 'Henry VIII' was staged with some success. …
Survey of London Monograph
… spear in bend. "The same coat of arms appears on the Shakespeare monument in the Church at Stratford-on-Avon, …
Old and New London
… for thirty-one years, and passed no less than thirty of Shakespeare's dramas, commencing with Henry IV. and ending … Sylvanus Urban. It annually celebrated the birth of Shakespeare in an intellectual and yet convivial way. The …
Old and New London
… or mark. The pleasant game is repeatedly mentioned by Shakespeare, and furnished his quick fancy with innumerable … of Charles II. This half fool, half knave (like many of Shakespeare's jesters) is constantly mentioned in pamphlets … from the Master of the Revels, forbidding the use of Shakespeare's plays by the Red Bull company. Some of the …