Shakespeare and English HistoryThe ten history plays of Shakespeare, when studied in historical sequence, cover a period of 320 years. In this unusual book, the action in each of the plays is synopsized, and characters and motivations are discussed in detail The author introduces each of the plays with a lengthy description of the actual history of the period in which the Shakespeare play takes place, so that students may readily grasp Shakespeare's art in constructing drama out of history. -- From publisher's description. |
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... March 1287-1327 Edmund Mortimer d . 1328 Roger Mortimer d . 1360 Edmund Mortimer - Phillipa 1352-1381 Earl of March Roger , Earl Phillipa of March b . 1374 d . 1398 Edmund , m . daughter of 1376-1409 Glendower Anne - Richard , Earl of ...
... March 1287-1327 Edmund Mortimer d . 1328 Roger Mortimer d . 1360 Edmund Mortimer - Phillipa 1352-1381 Earl of March Roger , Earl Phillipa of March b . 1374 d . 1398 Edmund , m . daughter of 1376-1409 Glendower Anne - Richard , Earl of ...
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... March , he was at the time the play begins exactly eleven years old . This Edmund was eldest son of Roger , fourth Earl of March , and Eleanor Holland , and was therefore nephew of the Edmund Mortimer of the play . In his seventh year ...
... March , he was at the time the play begins exactly eleven years old . This Edmund was eldest son of Roger , fourth Earl of March , and Eleanor Holland , and was therefore nephew of the Edmund Mortimer of the play . In his seventh year ...
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... March , was son of Roger , Earl of March , who died in 1398 . This Edmund was brother of Anne Mortimer , wife of Richard , Earl of Cambridge and Duke of York , the parents of the pres- ent Richard Plantagenet . On the death of Edmund ...
... March , was son of Roger , Earl of March , who died in 1398 . This Edmund was brother of Anne Mortimer , wife of Richard , Earl of Cambridge and Duke of York , the parents of the pres- ent Richard Plantagenet . On the death of Edmund ...
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