I N TR O D U C TI O N SHA KESPEA R IA N STU DY . C O L L I N S ’ SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CLASSICS, I I N A N D TE W TH I NTROD UCT O S N O S. i e 1 clo t/z. Fcap. 8270} pr c s. , ’ A . A E PE T D M o nm s B . H KE SPEA RE S M S b Rev . S T , y , V E I E b R ev D I B A M ERC H A N T O F N C . O RR S . , y M , R IS B A I b R D MO R . CH A RD ev . R I I , y . , W LA W N Rx CH A RD b M . SO . I I I , y K I N G E N Y b WM L AW N R V . SO . H I I I , y I N A b W B KEM H E D G LE R . S A K , y Dr . A CB ETH b A M U E L EI L M , y S N , A s YO U I K E I T b A M UE L EI L L , y S N , U L I US CE S A R b A M UE L EI L J , y S N , ’ M x L'rO N s PA RA m SE O ST B oks I and o mus et b S G . DAV I o C c . L , I I , , , y J . ' M A nLo w s DWA RD b Rev F LE A Y M A G F . E I I , y . , ’ uIIi ns $ ch uuL aun 6 011n massi n g . I NTRO DUCTION SHAKESPEARIAN STUDY. F G F L E A Y . , “ ’ A UTHO R o p rm: SHA K ESPEA RE MA N UA L. L O N D O N A N D G L A SG O W W L L M C O L L N S SO N S A N D I I A I , , c o . P R E F E A C . A S S a I have already published one book on hakespe re, I — am bo und to anti cipate the o bjection Wh y write another that goes in som e measure over the same ground ? Th e A for answer is not far to seek. book was needed younger o o wh o readers who have not p wer, and for p pular readers m m c S have not ti e, to aster critical questions oncerning hake wh o m speare, and yet are desirous of acquainting the selves , m w o to so e extent, ith the results of those investigati ns that m have been ade . I have been repeatedly asked to publish, m M a n u al in a separate for , the portions of my which are f T o v . o independent any subjecti e theories his is not, h wever, a T o m wh t I have done . his book has nothing in c m on with M an u a l on the but what is common to all general treatises , o r c of S intro d c ritical editions , hakespeare . It is partly an u o ti n and partly a supplement to the larger work, yet I trust complete in itself. ' Th e b o ok difiers from the previous one in the following parti culars 1 m for o . It is eant y unger readers, and a more popular, n ot so critical a publi c ; although there are in it things that a I trust may be useful even to the l tter . ’ 2 . o o f S 1616 I t nly extends to the end hakespeare s life, , instead of embracing the who le histo ry of the Eli z abethan d a m an Jacobe n dra a . o c m c v 3 . I t omits all such t pi s as etrical tests , ontro erted m questions, lists of actors, and atters essential to the more O h advanced student, but a hindrance to the beginner. the other hand, it contains entirely new matter to the extent of 6 PR EFACE. - of three fourths the book, and the rest has been altogether - Al afl a l m a re u . written, not condensed from the I y specially mention, among the new matter, the full accounts of the v doubtful plays , the li es of contemporary dramatists, the ’ m S Lex i con a excerpts on gram ar founded on chmidt s , the o th e count of the alterations to which plays were subj ect, P C chapter, on the presentation of plays, founded on . hasles the tables compiled from the accounts of revels at court and ’ H n slow s D i a r fin al 1 e y , and the chapter on the connection 0 ’ Shakespeare s plots . But neither this nor its predecessor are v supposed to contain e erything which a student requires, although this does, I trust, contain all that is needed for popular readers or young students, apart from the ordinary annotations on the text ; and the larger work is meant to S t’ embrace all that, in addition to such books as chmid s ' ’ Gra mmar Lem con and Abbott s , will be needful for some considerable time of study . Wherever there is a discrepancy in dates, etc , between i M a n u a l I n trodu cti on the I n tr oduct on and the , the may be Th e ff generally trusted . di erences are due to the stereotyp M a n ual ing of the by the publishers without my knowledge, and the consequent perpetuation of the errata, a list of which was sent them by me in August 1876. I believe that the f great care of the printers, and my urther experience in v I ntrodu cti correcting for the press, ha e kept the on nearly ’ ’ free from printer s errors . To the friends who have formerly aided me by their encouragement to further work, I wish now to add the Dr S names of Ingleby and the American hakespearians , Messrs Crosby and Furness ; to the critics who have so cordially welcomed me, I tender my sincere thanks , in trust that their encouragement may produce in me still better and more useful work. F G . LEAY . F . AV ON DA LE S UA RE D KE NT R A D E 1 8 33 Q , O L O , S. , 77. O N T E N T S C . TER I CHAP . HOW DID SHAKESPEARE LIV E ? ER I I C HAPT . WHAT PO EM S AN D ROMANTI C P LAYS DI D S HAKES PEARE WRITE ? CHAPTER I I I . \V H AT H ISTORIES O R C H RONI CLE PLAY S DI D SHAKESPEARE WRITE ? H T C AP ER IV . WHAT O THER P LAYS HAV E B EEN ASC RI BED TO SHAKE SPEARE ? C A ER V H PT . n ow SHO ULD SHAKESPEARE B E READ ? C H TER V I AP . ’ WHO ACTED P LAYS I N SHAK ESPEAR E S TIM E ? A TER V I CH P I . ’ WHERE WERE PLAYS ACTED I N SHAK ESPEARE S TIM E ? CH A PTER V I II . ' WHO WERE SHAKESP EARE S CO NTEM PO RARI ES ? 8 CONTENTs C TER I X HAP . O OGR O F A S GE PLAY AUT BI APHY TA , TER X CHAP . ’ H O W WERE SHAK ESPEARE S PLAYS REPRESENTED ? D CU ENT RY A PPEND X O M A I . ’ 1 S O E R W 2 H H . R C F S S E E S T M C AB T A T HAK P A ILL, 5 AR 11. TH E FAM O F S H ES E RE ILY AK P A , ’ 111 T S ’ ‘ . S O ERS HALL EN RIE A I TATI N , S O F R O D T O S LI T Q UA T E I I N , v EX R C S F OM TH E CCO S 1: 11 V S AT . T A T R A UNT 0 c RE EL CO R U T, ’ ’ w G v 1. EX R C S FRO M H ENSLo s D A G IV S O F T A T I RY, IN LI T PLAYS PE FO M ED AT TH E RO SE E R E 1 2 - 8 8 R R TH AT , 59 7, ’ ‘ ’ v i 1 H EN SLo w s D A CO N N ED 1 - 160 . I RY TI U , 59 7 4, v U R ED U TO S ES E RE m . ALL SION S O SUPPOS ALL SION S HAK P A BY CO T M P O A S N E R RIE , E SUPPLEM ENTARY C HAPT R . ' ? SHAK ESPEARE S PLOTS : 11OW A RE TH EY C ONNECTED I N TR O D U C TI O N N T D SHA KESPEA RIA S U Y . TER I C HAP . HOW D ID SHAKESPEARE LIV E ? WILLIAM SHAK ESPEARE was the son of J ohn Shakespeare S Willm ecote of tratford , and Mary Arden of , who were m 1 T S arried about 557. his John hakespeare had lived in m 1 H S S o 2 .