Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1Mitchell, Arthur
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Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1
Mitchell, Arthur
Humanities
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] II. 573.
[2] Whincop, _Complete List of All the English Dramatic Poets_, p. 199.
See also the dramatic list appended to the second volume of the fourth
edition of the _Apology_, p. 286.
[3] The sub-plot of _Woman’s Wit_ was likewise acted separately after
the original play had failed on the stage.
[4] Reprint of 1887, p. 28.
[5] Page 28.
[6] _Apology_, I, 180.
[7] III, 325.
[8] The _Advertisement_ prefixed to _The Happy Captive_ says: “The
interlude, which is added in two comic scenes, is entirely new to our
climate; and the success of it is submitted to experiment, and the
taste of the audience.” Only this portion of _The Happy Captive_ was
ever acted.
[9] Theobald died September 18, 1744. _The Temple of Dullness_ was
acted January 17, 1745.
[10] For a history of the pastoral drama in the eighteenth century and
a summary of its qualities, see Jeannette Marks, _The English Pastoral
Drama_, London, 1908.
[11] Thorndike, _Tragedy_, p. 273.
[12] Davies, _Dramatic Miscellanies_, III, 459.
[13] _The Tatler_, Number 42, July 16, 1709.
[14] _Address to the Reader_, prefixed to _Ximena_.
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