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Gentleman Player: His Adventures on a Secret Mission for Queen Elizabeth (Classic Reprint)
by Stephens, Robert Neilson
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Excerpt from Gentleman Player: His Adventures on a Secret Mission for Queen Elizabeth Who ever loved that loved not at first sight? Quoted in As You Like If, from Marlowe's Hero and Leander. AT three o'clock in the afternoon of the cold first Monday in March, 1601, a red flag rose, and a trumpet sounded thrice, from a little gabled turret protruding up out of a large wooden building in a field in that part of Southwark known as the Bank side and bordering on the Thames west of London Bridge. This rude edifice, or enclosure, was round (not like its successor, hexagonal) in shape; was in great part roofless; was built on a brick and stone foundation, and was encircled by a ditch for drainage. It was, in fact, the Globe Theatre; and the flag and trumpet meant that the Lord Chamberlain's ser vants were about to begin their performance, which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Stephens, Robert Neilson
- ISBN: 9780267197668
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.00 x 1.00
- Number Of Pages: 448
- Publication Year: 2019
Language:
English