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Shakespeare, William

 Person

Dates

  • Usage: 1564 - 1616

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Essays on the Comedy of Errors, 1926-1932

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS020:01.27
Scope and Contents

The materials include three articles discussing the play Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare. One document talks about plot structure and sources; another talks about the development and evolution of the show. Also included are general notes and analysis of the show.

Dates: 1926-1932

Francis Bacon and Shakespeare, 1906

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS020:01.13
Scope and Contents

The material includes various documents about Francis Bacon including, an article in Dutch about a secret society Bacon was apart of, a review of Mr. Edwin Reed's Book Bacon Versus Shakespere, and a document about Bacon's essays.

Dates: 1906

Garrick and Shakespeare's plays, 1944

 File — Box: 03, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS020:01.59
Scope and Contents

The document discusses whether or not Garrick had a significant effect on the revival of Shakespeare's plays for the mid-eighteenth-century London stage.

Dates: 1944

Hardy and Shakespeare, 1930-1938

 File — Box: 03, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS020:01.67
Scope and Contents

The materials include documents talking about Alexandre Hardy's life as a playwright and author and also the strange resemblance between Hardy and Shakespeare. The articles give examples of how the playwrights are similar through their plays.

Dates: 1930-1938

Historical context in plays, 1935-1972

 File — Box: 03, Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS020:01.73
Scope and Contents

The materials include a volume of "Studies in Literary Imagination" as well as two other articles that discuss the historical context behind Shakespeare's history plays and other playwright's dramas.

Dates: 1935-1972

Influence of Shakespeare criticism on Hazlitt and Coleridge, 1930

 File — Box: 03, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS020:01.68
Scope and Contents

The materials include a document that analyzes the influence that eighteenth-century Shakespearean criticism had on two later playwrights: Hazlitt and Coleridge.

Dates: 1930

Is Shakespeare Aristocratic, 1914

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS020:01.08
Scope and Contents

The material includes a document discussing, looking at the historical context, and how Shakespeare portrays certain characters in his plays if he was Aristocratic. It was written by Albert H. Tolman.

Dates: 1914

Mistaken Identity in Shakespeare's Comedies, 1934

 File — Box: 05, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS020:02.12
Scope and Contents

The document examines dramtic irony in the form of mistaken identity and how it is used commonly throughout Shakespeare's works.

Dates: 1934

Mr. Graydon's "Defense of Criseyde, 1929

 File — Box: 03, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS020:01.62
Scope and Contents

The document analyzes Mr. Graydon's "Defense of Criseyde," which states that Troilus is mostly to blame for Criseyde's lack of steadfastness. The paper discusses why that may or may not be accurate based on specific evidence.

Dates: 1929

Nature in Shakespeare, 1922

 File — Box: 05, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS020:02.20
Scope and Contents

The document examines various articles about Shakespeare's works in order to determine his attitude towards the natural world.

Dates: 1922

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English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 25
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language 14
Authorship 1
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