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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE ORIGIN AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENGLISH

STAGE

DRAMAS BY SHAKSPEARE,

According to the Order of the First Folio of his Works, 1623.

Plays and Comedies.

Pages.

viii to xvi.

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All the Plays of Shakspeare appear to have been performed at the Globe or Black-Friars'