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Historical and reference documents for Shakespeare's works.

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pdf A Funeral Elegy (1612 Quarto)

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Quarto facsimile of William Shakespeare's funeral elegy to Master William Peter in 1612.

pdf Certain Tragical Discourses, Vol. 1 (1567)

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Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello (Vol. 1), translated into English by Geffraie Fenton, is a presumed source for Cymbeline and Othello.

pdf Certain Tragical Discourses, Vol. 2 (1567)

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Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello (Vol. 2), translated into English by Geffraie Fenton, is a presumed source for Cymbeline and Othello.

document Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Popular

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by William Hazlitt (1817)

document Eastward Hoe! (Ben Jonson)

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Written chiefly by Ben Jonson and said to parody several of Shakespeare's plays. Written around 1605 and performed at the Blackfriars' Theatre.

pdf Hall's Chronicle

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Hall's Chronicle, Containing the History of England During the Reign of Henry IV and the Succeeding Monarchs to the End of the Reign of Henry VIII, including The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke.

document Hall's Chronicle (1548-1550)

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Containing the history of England, during the reign of Henry IV, and the succeeding monarchs, to the end of the reign of Henry VIII, in which are particularly described the manners and customs of those periods. Carefully collated with the editions of 1548 and 1550. By Edward Hall in 1547.

pdf Henslowe Papers

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Supplement to Philip Henslowe's Diary.

pdf Henslowe's Diary

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Philip Henslowe's Diary

pdf Henslowe's Diary Part 2, Commentary

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Supplements & commentary for Philip Henslowe's Diary

pdf Hero and Leander (Marlowe)

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Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont (today's Dardanelles), and Leander, a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero and would swim every night across the Hellespont to spend time with her. Hero would light a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way.

document Historie of England Popular

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Raphael Holinshed's 8-volume work of English history.

pdf Metamorphoses (Ovid)

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pdf Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Vol. 1 Popular

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by Geoffrey Bullough

pdf Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Vol. 2 Popular

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by Geoffrey Bullough

pdf Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Vol. 3 Popular

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by Geoffrey Bullough

pdf Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Vol. 4 Popular

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by Geoffrey Bullough

pdf Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Vol. 5 Popular

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by Geoffrey Bullough

pdf Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Vol. 6 Popular

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by Geoffrey Bullough

pdf Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Vol. 7 Popular

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by Geoffrey Bullough

pdf Narrative & Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Vol. 8 Popular

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by Geoffrey Bullough

pdf Palladis Tamia (1598)

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Palladis Tamia, subtitled "Wits Treasury", is a 1598 book written by the minister Francis Meres. It is important in English literary history as the first critical account of the poems and early plays of William Shakespeare. It was listed in the Stationers Register 7 September 1598.[1]

document Schmidt's Shakespeare Lexicon (1 of 2) Popular

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A complete dictionary of all the English words, phrases and constructions in the works of the poet by Alexander Schmidt (1902). (Part 1 of 2)

document Schmidt's Shakespeare Lexicon (2 of 2) Popular

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A complete dictionary of all the English words, phrases andconstructions in the works of the poet by Alexander Schmidt (1902). (Part 2 of 2)

pdf The Diary of Philip Henslowe

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The diary of Henslowe documenting his experiences during Shakespeare's time.
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