teacher. With the extracts from Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, the charming narrative in Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare may be read with advantage; with the historical pieces, Holinshed and North's Plutarch. An attempt is made in the Introduction to show the dramatic significance of the sources.

Lastly, I am under the deepest obligation to Mr. Sidney Lee, and to his publishers, Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., for permission to reproduce from the illustrated edition of Mr. Lee's Life of William Shakespeare the old sketch of the Swan Theatre which reappears as the frontispiece of this book. The original is preserved in the University Library at Utrecht, and Mr. Lee's reproduction of it is more accurate in detail than earlier presentations. What use I have made of the privilege will be seen from the Introduction; those who use this book will be grateful to the distinguished scholar who has enabled them to see the old theatre instead of merely reading about it.

ST. OLAVE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL,

TOWER BRIDGE, S.E.

December 28, 1905.

P. S.

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

i. A Shakespearian Play

ii. Shakespeare's Theatre

I. CARATACH AND HENGO, from Fletcher's Bonduca

i. The Lesson of Victory (Act i, Sc. i)

ii. A Capture (Act ii, Sc. iii)

iii. A Roman Leader (Act iii, Sc. ii)

iv. Defeat (Act iii, Sc. v)

v. The Fugitives (Act iv, Sc. ii)

vi. Honour to a Fallen Foe (Act v, Sc. i)

vii. The Trap (Act v, Scenes iii and v).

II. A KING'S DEFIANCE, from Shakespeare's Cym-

beline (Act iii, Sc. i).

III. HUBERT AND ARTHUR, from Shakespeare's King

John (Act iv, Sc. i)

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IV. THE FALL of Edward the Second, from Mar-

lowe's Edward II

i. The Capture (Act iv, Sc. vi).

ii. The Deposition (Act v, Sc. i)

iii. The End (Act v, Sc. v)

V. THE DYING PROPHET, from Shakespeare's Rich-

ard II (Act ii, Sc. i) .

VI. KING HENRY THE FIFTH, from Shakespeare's
Henry IV and Henry V

i. The Wearing of a Crown (Henry IV, Part II,

Act iv, Scenes iv and v)

ii. The New King (ib., Act v, Sc. ii).

Chorus i. The Poet's Prelude (Henry

Prologue)

Chorus ii. Conspiracy (ib., Chorus, Act ii)

iii. Conspiracy Unmasked (ib., Act ii, Sc. ii)

Chorus iii. The Voyage to France (ib., Chorus,

Act iii)

iv. The Attack on Harfleur (ib., Act iii, Sc. i)

Chorus iv. The Eve of Battle (ib., Chorus,

Act iv)

v. In Camp at Agincourt (ib., Act iv, Sc. i)

vi. A King of Men (ib., Act iv, Sc. iii)

vii. The Close of Battle (ib., Act iv, Scenes v

and vii)

Chorus v. The Home-coming (ib., Chorus,

VII. RED AND WHITE ROSE, from Shakespeare's
Henry VI, Part I, Act ii, Sc. iv

VIII. THE DREAM OF CLARENCE, from Shakespeare's
Richard III (Act i, Sc. iv)

IX. THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER, from Heywood's
Edward IV (Part II, Act iii, Sc. v) .

X. THE EVE OF Bosworth, from Shakespeare's
Richard III (Act v, Sc. iii)

i. A Royal Welcome (Act ii, Sc. i)

ii. The Departure from Scotland (Act iv, Sc. iii)

iii. Face to Face (Act v, Sc. ii).

iv. Faithful unto Death (Act v, Sc. iii)

XII. THE FALL OF WOLSEY, from Henry VIII,

Act iii, Sc. ii, by Fletcher ?

XIII. BRUTUS AND CAESAR, from Shakespeare's

Julius Caesar.

i. In Even Scale (Act i, Sc. ii)

ii. The Turn of the Balance (Act ii, Sc. i).

iii. The Murder of Caesar (Act iii, Sc. i)

iv. Caesar's Funeral (Act iii, Sc. ii)

v. A Quarrel (Act iv, Sc. iii)

vi. The Death of Brutus (Act v, Sc. v)

XIV. A NOBLE REVENGE, from The Custom of the

Country, Act ii, Sc. iv, by Massinger

XV. ANTONIO AND SHYLOCK, from Shakespeare's

Merchant of Venice .

i. The Second Arrow (Act i, Sc. i)

ii. The Merry Bond (Act i, Sc. iii)

iii. Loss upon Loss (Act iii, Sc. i)

iv. Bassanio's Triumph (Act iii, Sc.

v. Forfeit (Act iii, Sc. iii).

vi. The Trial (Act iv, Sc. i)

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vii. The Comedy of the Rings (Act v, Sc. i)

XVI. TANNER AND KING, from Heywood's Ed-

i. A Royal Guest (Act iii, Sc. ii)
ii. The Return Visit (Act v, Sc. v)

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XVII. A CONSTABLE OF THE OLDEN TIME, from
Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing

i. Charging the Watch (Act iii, Sc. iii)
ii. An Official Report (Act iii, Sc. v)
iii. The Examination (Act iv, Sc. ii).

XVIII. A VERY TRAGICAL COMEDY, from Shake-
speare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

i. The Company (Act i, Sc. ii)

ii. The Rehearsal (Act iii, Sc. i)

iii. The Court Performance (Act v, Sc. i)

XIX. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, from Shakespeare's

King Henry IV, Part I.

i. The Start (Act ii, Sc. i)

ii. Stand and Deliver (Act ii, Sc. ii)

iii. A Plague of all Cowards! and the Power

of Instinct (Act ii, Sc. iv)

XX. AN ELIZABETHAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, from

Marston's What you Will (Act ii, Sc. ii)

A NOTE ON THE VERSE

GLOSSARY

INDEX OF NAMES

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