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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William | 69 |
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 54 |
| Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 8 |
| Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-21) | 6 |
| Tate, Nahum (1652-1715) | 5 |
| The Comidy of Errors | 4 |
| Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692) | 3 |
| Johnson, Charles (1679-1748) | 3 |
| Ducis, Jean-Francois (1733-1816) | 3 |
| Crown, John (1640?-1712) | 3 |
Title: [unknown]
Author: Shakespeare, William
Attribution: Mackbeth Act 1 Sc. the L.
Date(s): 1606 ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Quotation from Act 1 Scene 7 of Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" on justice
finding out the wrong-doer, here among a collection of "Latin proverbs with
English ones that answer to them".
Title: Death
Author: Shakespeare, William
Date(s): 1604 ?
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Attitudes to death and its universality, incorporating Claudio's speech on
the terrors of death from Shakepeare's play "Measure for Measure", III.1; the
surrounding lines unidentified.
Title: Futurity
Author: Shakespeare, William
Date(s): 1600 ?
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Abridgement of Hamlet's soliloquy from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", III.1,
debating suicide and whether death is preferable to life
Title: Greatnes
Author: Shakespeare, William
Date(s): 1613
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Cardinal Wolsey's speech on his rise and fall from Shakespeare's play "Henry
VIII", III.2. Annotated at head, "Cato died like a fool, only fearing such a
fellow as Caesar's smile".
Title: [unknown]
Author: Shakespeare, William
Attribution: Shakespear
Date(s): 1595 ?
Manuscript: Lt 83
Contents: On the art of poetry, used as epigraph to Dallaway's collection of his own
verse; from Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream", V.1.
Hamlet : tragedie : imitée de l'anglois
Ducis, Jean-François (1733-1816); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1770
Adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Le roi Lu, parodie du Roi Lir ou Léar : en un acte et en vers. Représentée à Paris
Desprès, Jean Baptiste Denis (1752-1832); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Ducis, Jean-François (1733-1816)
1783
Parody of Le roi Léar, adapted from Shakespeare by J. F. Ducis.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Shakespeare, William
Date(s): 1604
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: On the impossibility of even the greatest or most virtuous person escaping
malicious slander; extract from Shakespeare's play "Measure for Measure",
III.2.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Shakespeare, William
Date(s): 1604
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: Assertion that a ruler must practise the highest standards of virtuous
personal behaviour and self-examination; extract from Shakespeare's play
"Measure for Measure", III.2.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Shakespeare, William
Date(s): 1594
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: On the difficulty of dispelling slander, once current; extract from
Shakespeare's play "The Comedy of Errors", III.1
Title: [unknown]
Author: Shakespeare, William
Date(s): 1604
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: On the injustice of human life, in which the sinful are often rewarded and
the virtuous punished; crossed through. Extract from Shakespeare's play
"Measure for Measure", II.1.