CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE:

I. The Life of Shakespeare .

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II. The Periods in Shakespeare's Career as a Playwright xii

III. The Structure of a Shakespearean Play

IV. The Stage of Shakespeare's Day and Some Modern

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, from the engraving by Droeshout in the First Folio

SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE, from a photograph

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INTERIOR OF THE SWAN THEATER, from Gaedertz' copy of a
pen-and-ink drawing made about 1596 by John de Witt. xxi

JULIUS CAESAR, from the bronze bust in the Berlin Museum
CÆSAR AND HIS TRAIN, from the painting by Max Adamo
BRUTUS AND PORTIA, from the painting by Frank Dicksee
THE ASSASSINATION OF CESAR, from the painting by J. L.
Gérôme .

MARK ANTONY'S FUNERAL ORATION, from the painting by
Henry Spiess

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