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The origin of the English drama, illustrated in its various species, viz., mystery, morality, tragedy, and comedy, by specimens from our earliest writers: with explanatory notes, by Thomas Hawkins .., v.2

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The origin of the English drama, illustrated in its various species, viz., mystery, morality, tragedy, and comedy, by specimens from our earliest writers: with explanatory notes, by Thomas Hawkins .., v.2

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The origin of the English drama

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2008850

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by Thomas Hawkins ..

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illustrated in its various species, viz., mystery, morality, tragedy, and comedy, by specimens from our earliest writers: with explanatory notes

Table Of Contents

v. 1. Preface. Candlemas-day. Every-man. Hycke-scorner. Lusty Juventus [by Richard Wever] Gammer Gurton's needle. A lamentable tragedy ... conteyning the life of Cambises king of Percia, by Thomas Preston -- v. 2. The Spanish tragedy [by Thomas Kyd] The love of King David and fair Bethsabe [by George Peele] Soliman and Perseda. The tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex [by Thomas Norton] -- v. 3. Supposes: a comedy written in the Italian tongue by Ariosto, Englished by George Gascoigne. Satiro-mastix, or, The untrussing of the humorous poet, by Thomas Dekker. The return from Parnassus. Wily beguiled

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