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...play is an Elizabethan comedy, written by Thomas Dekker, concerning a shoemaker who becomes Lord Mayor of London. H. L. Smith '35 as Firk and J. T. Dennison '34 as Simon Eyre, the shoemaker, were outstanding for their performances. M. F. English '33 as Sir Roger Oatley, G. P. Rosen '33 as Margery, the shoemaker's wife, and T. W. Nazro '34 as Sybil also deserve special mention. R. B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History and Master of the House, took the part of King Henry V, coming on the stage in the last act, preceded by a blare...
...first mentioned book is a compilation of new facts from Elizabethan Courts of Law and other sources which relate directly to such men as John Lyly, a master of comedy and wit; Lodowick Dryskett, the friend of Sponser; and Sir George Bue, Master of the Revels and Censor of Plays...
...modern reader seldom realizes that most Elizabethan, Jacobein, and Restoration lyrics were written to be sung; and as a result, he misses much of their intrinsic charm and beauty. This volume of the songs of John Dryden, collected together for the first time, includes the original music by Purcell, Grabu, and Draghi, never before made available to the public. In it one can now study the poems as they were originally presented, as Restoration audiences heard them first...
...young instructor at Williams College bears the subtitle: "Being a challenge to those who deny the possibility of a tragic spirit in the modern world," and is direct primarily at Joseph Wood Krutch and the New Humanists. It is divided into an historical survey of Greek, medieval and Elizabethan tragedy, Which is too cursory and frequently inaccurate, and an essay on modern tragic dramatists like Ibsen and O'Neill, which is very vigorous, very affirmative, and very badly written...
...Elizabethan Lyric," Associate Professor Billyer, Sever...