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Shakespeare in the Theatre




[Illustration: Yours truly, Wm. Poel.

_Photo. Bassano._]




  SHAKESPEARE IN THE THEATRE


  BY WILLIAM POEL

  FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF
  THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE SOCIETY

  LONDON AND TORONTO
  SIDGWICK AND JACKSON, LTD.

  1913


  _All rights reserved._




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