Webster & Tourneur. John Webster

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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       THE GLOBE THEATRE.

       JOHN WEBSTER AND CYRIL TOURNEUR.

       THE WHITE DEVIL; OR, VITTORIA COROMBONA.

       TO THE READER.

       DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

       THE WHITE DEVIL; OR, VITTORIA COROMBONA.

       ACT THE FIRST.

       ACT THE SECOND.

       ACT THE THIRD.

       ACT THE FOURTH.

       ACT THE FIFTH.

       THE DUCHESS OF MALFI.

       To the Rt. Hon. George Harding , Baron Berkeley, [101]

       COMMENDATORY VERSES.

       DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

       THE DUCHESS OF MALFI.

       ACT THE FIRST.

       ACT THE SECOND.

       ACT THE THIRD.

       ACT THE FOURTH.

       ACT THE FIFTH.

       THE ATHEIST'S TRAGEDY;

       OR, THE HONEST MAN'S REVENGE.

       DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

       THE ATHEIST'S TRAGEDY.

       ACT THE FIRST.

       ACT THE SECOND.

       ACT THE THIRD.

       ACT THE FOURTH.

       ACT THE FIFTH.

       THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY.

       DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

       THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY.

       ACT THE FIRST.

       ACT THE SECOND.

       ACT THE THIRD.

       ACT THE FOURTH.

       ACT THE FIFTH.

       NOTES.

THE GLOBE THEATRE.

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      The first Globe Theatre, on the Bankside, Southwark, "the summer theatre of Shakespeare and his fellows," is believed to have been built in 1594, partly of materials removed from the Theatre in Shoreditch, "the earliest building erected in or near London purposely for scenic exhibitions." Outside, the Globe was hexagonal in shape, and, like all the theatres of that epoch, was open at the top, excepting the part immediately over the stage, which was thatched with straw. The interior of the theatre was circular. The performances took place by daylight, and while they were going on a flag with the cross of St. George upon it was unfurled from the roof. Originally, in place of scenery, the names of the localities supposed to be represented were inscribed on boards or hangings for the information of the audience. The sign of the theatre was a figure of Hercules supporting the globe, beneath which was written "Totus mundus agit Histrionem."

      In 1601, the Globe Theatre was used as a place of meeting by the conspirators engaged in Essex's rebellion, and next year СКАЧАТЬ