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Shakespeare's Plays (table)

(Encyclopedia)Shakespeare's Plays(arranged by approximate date of composition) ...

Shakespeare, William

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616, English dramatist and poet, b. Stratford-upon-Avon. He is widely considered the greatest playwright who ever lived. For about 150 years after his death ...

Coventry Plays

(Encyclopedia)Coventry Plays: see miracle play. ...

chronicle plays

(Encyclopedia)chronicle plays, dramas based upon 16th-century chronicles in English, particularly those of Edward Hall and Raphael Holinshed. These plays became very popular late in the reign of Elizabeth I, when, ...

Chester Plays

(Encyclopedia)Chester Plays: see miracle play. ...

Wakefield Plays

(Encyclopedia)Wakefield Plays: see Towneley Plays; miracle plays. ...

Towneley Plays

(Encyclopedia)Towneley Plays, a cycle of 32 plays preserved in a manuscript of c.1460 by the Towneleys, a Lancashire family. Intended for production by the guilds of Wakefield, they are sometimes called the Wakefie...

York Plays

(Encyclopedia)York Plays: see miracle play.

Folger Shakespeare Library

(Encyclopedia)Folger Shakespeare Library fōlˈjər [key]: see under Folger, Henry Clay. ...

Royal Shakespeare Company

(Encyclopedia)Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), a British repertory theater. The company, established in 1960, was based on the earlier Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. It is a national theater s...