William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare is by John Masefield. The text describes standing room that cost a penny: those who stood could press right up to the stage, a platform four or five feet high. The text says it was the custom of gallant gentlemen to hire stools placed on the stage itself, where they sat and took tobacco during the performance. The text says the performances took place by daylight and were announced by the blowing of a trumpet, and that the plays were played straight through, without waits.
The text says Malvolio is in an unreal mood of self-importance, and that Olivia makes grief, a destroying passion, a form of self-indulgence. The text says the only cure for the sickly in the mind is reality.
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- Author
- John Masefield
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 121
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Literature
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