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

Adaptations

INTRODUCTION TO JULIUS CÆSAR:

V. The Date of Composition.

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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. XX
JULIUS CAESAR, from the bronze bust in the Berlin Museum .
CESAR 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.

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Gérôme.

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

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