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Dramatic criticism

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Theater criticism

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

Osler on Shakespeare, Bacon, and Burton, 1939

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS020:02.22
Scope and Contents

The document discusses an address given by Sir William Osler tiled Creators, Transmuters, and Transmitters as Illustrated by Shakepeare, Bacon, and Burton, which was privately published by the Oxford University Press. A reprint of the address is included in the document.

Dates: 1939

Review: The Merry Devil of Edmonton, 1943

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS020:02.07
Scope and Contents

An essay written by Robert Adger Law reviewing various aspects of the play The Merry Devil of Edmonton, including plot construction, repetition ,metrics and many others.

Dates: 1943

Richard Hillies: Tudor Englishman, 1944

 File — Box 03: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124718], Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS020:01.72
Scope and Contents

The materials include a document discussing the life and education of Richard Hillies: a Tudor Englishman.

Dates: 1944

Shakespeare and the Conversazione, 1946

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS020:01.29
Scope and Contents

The materials include an essay on the Conversazione, which is a scholarly social gathering used to decide on new forms of art and literature during the Elizabethan era. The document describes what the event consisted of and Shakespeare's participation in it.

Dates: 1946

Shakespeare as a Debtor, 1916

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS020:01.40
Scope and Contents

The article discusses the differences in criticism between historical scholars and religious critics. The document also gives some historical context behind Shakespeare's plays and how he wrote them.

Dates: 1916

Shakespeare Criticism, 1930

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS020:01.36
Scope and Contents

The materials include documents discussing various criticisms of Shakespeare's works. One document provides a suggestion on the history of Shakespearean criticism, and the other talks about the English's reaction to Voltaire's criticism of his works.

Dates: 1930

Shakespeare's books, 1929, 1938-1939

 File — Box 01: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124692], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS020:01.19
Scope and Contents

The material includes three articles relating to books and Shakespeare's works. One document talks about the bad quartos of books that don't represent the written transcripts of the authors who originally wrote them. The other two articles talk about the history of the First Folio of Shakespeare in England and the development of the first Shakespearian libraries around England and the United States.

Dates: 1929, 1938-1939

Shakespeare's Coriolanus

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS020:01.30
Scope and Contents

The materials include two documents discussing Shakespeare's Coriolanus, one of which delves into Renaissance Psychology and its showcase in the play. The other examines Herman Kirchner, his life, and his writings on Coriolanus.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1947

Shakespeare's Cymbeline, 1920-1927

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS020:01.37
Scope and Contents

The materials include two articles that discuss Shakespeares play Cymbeline and what different interpretations of the story have been by various critics and analytics. They also discuss analogs for the Imogen story in Cymbeline and other plays they may have derived.

Dates: 1920-1927

Shakespeare's Moiety of the Stratford Tithes

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS020:02.14
Scope and Contents

The document examines various works that describe Shakespeares moiety of the stratford tithes in order to determine the nature of the property that Shakespeare owned and the most accurate date.

Dates: 1879-1947