CONTENTS

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[I]
THE STAGE OF SHAKESPEARE
The Elizabethan Playhouse—The Plays and the Players[3]
[II]
THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
Some Mistakes of the Editors—Some Mistakes of the Actors—The Character of Lady Macbeth—Shakespeare’sJew and Marlowe’s Christians—The Authors of “KingHenry the Eighth”—“Troilus and Cressida”[31]
[III]
SOME STAGE VERSIONS
“The Merchant of Venice”—“Romeo andJuliet”—“Hamlet”—“King Lear”[119]
[IV]
THE NATIONAL THEATRE
The Repertory Theatre—The Elizabethan Stage Society—Shakespeare at Earl’s Court—The Students’Theatre—The Memorial Scheme[193]
Index[241]

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THE STAGE OF SHAKESPEARE

THE ELIZABETHAN PLAYHOUSE
THE PLAYS AND THE PLAYERS