Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners

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Author

Douce, Francis, 1757-1834

Title

Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners: with Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakspeare; on a Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris dance.

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Clowns -- England -- History -- 16th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50228

Release Date

October 16, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKSPEARE, AND OF ANCIENT MANNERS: WITH DISSERTATIONS ON THE CLOWNS AND FOOLS OF SHAKSPEARE; ON THE COLLECTION OF POPULAR TALES ENTITLED GESTA ROMANORUM; AND ON THE ENGLISH MORRIS DANCE.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKSPEARE.
6. 6.THE TEMPEST. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE FOOL. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWNS. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V.
9. 9.TWELFTH NIGHT. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.MEASURE FOR MEASURE. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN. — ON THE STORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V.
12. 12.MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT V. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN.
14. 14.MERCHANT OF VENICE. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN. — ON THE SOURCES FROM WHICH THE STORY OF THIS PLAY HAS BEEN DERIVED. — STORY OF THE CASKETS. — THE BOND STORY. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.AS YOU LIKE IT. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN.
17. 17.TAMING OF THE SHREW. — INDUCTION. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV.
18. 18.WINTER'S TALE. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN.
19. 19.COMEDY OF ERRORS. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV.
20. 20.MACBETH. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V.
21. 21.KING JOHN. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V.
22. 22.KING RICHARD II. — ACT III.
23. 23.KING HENRY IV. PART I. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.KING HENRY IV. PART II. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V.
25. 25.KING HENRY V. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V.
26. 26.KING HENRY VI. PART I. — ACT I. — ACT III. — ACT V.
27. 27.KING HENRY VI. PART II. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.KING HENRY VI. PART III. — ACT I. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V.
29. 29.KING RICHARD III. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.KING HENRY VIII. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT V.
31. 31.TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. — PROLOGUE. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — ON THE STORY OF THIS PLAY.
32. 32.TIMON OF ATHENS. — ACT I. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE FOOL.
33. 33.CORIOLANUS. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT IV.
34. 34.JULIUS CÆSAR. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III.
35. 35.ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — THE CLOWN.
36. 36.CYMBELINE. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ON THE STORY OF THIS PLAY.
37. 37.TITUS ANDRONICUS. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN.
38. 38.PERICLES. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — THE CLOWN. — ON THE STORY OF PERICLES. — MANUSCRIPTS. — PRINTED COPIES. — FOOTNOTES:
39. 39.KING LEAR. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — THE FOOL. — ON THE STORY OF THIS PLAY. — FOOTNOTES:
40. 40.ROMEO AND JULIET. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — STORY OF THE PLAY. — FOOTNOTES:
41. 41.HAMLET. — ACT I. — AN ANGLO-NORMAN SONG. — TRANSLATION. — ACT II. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — ACT V. — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.OTHELLO. — ACT I. — ACT III. — ACT IV. — THE CLOWN.
43. 43.ADDITIONS TO THE NOTES.
44. 44.ON THE ANACHRONISMS AND SOME OTHER INCONGRUITIES OF SHAKSPEARE. — MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. — TWELFTH NIGHT. — MEASURE FOR MEASURE. — MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. — MERCHANT OF VENICE. — WINTER'S TALE. — COMEDY OF ERRORS. — MACBETH. — KING JOHN. — KING HENRY THE FOURTH. — KING HENRY THE FIFTH. — KING HENRY THE SIXTH. — KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. — TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. — TIMON OF ATHENS. — CORIOLANUS. — JULIUS CÆSAR. — ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. — CYMBELINE. — TITUS ANDRONICUS. — PERICLES. — KING LEAR. — HAMLET. — FOOTNOTES:
45. 45.DISSERTATION I. — ON THE CLOWNS AND FOOLS OF SHAKSPEARE. — FOOTNOTES:
46. 46.DISSERTATION II. — ON THE GESTA ROMANORUM. — FOOTNOTES:
47. 47.DISSERTATION III. — ON THE ANCIENT ENGLISH MORRIS DANCE. — FOOTNOTES:
48. 48.INDEX.
49. 49.GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
50. 50.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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