viii pages, 2 leaves, 220 pages : frontispiece, portraits, facsimile ; 23 cm
OCLC
ocm02599715
Speeding up Shakespeare.--On the underrated genius of Dick Tarleton.--Some reflections on Shakespeare's dramaturgy.--Concerning "To be or not to be."--The dedication of early English plays.--A quaint old playhouse trick.--The Elizabethan plotter.--Dekker's theatrical illusiveness and what it reveals.--Stage dummies.--The origin of bulls.--New facts from Sir Henry Herbert's office book.--Playwriting for love.--The folly of the gravedigger's waistcoats