Shakespeare: Select Plays; As You Like It (Classic Reprint)
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With regard to the origin and date of this most deh ghtfiil and popular of Shakespeare sC omedies there is but little uncertainty. The registers of theS tationers Company contain the following entry among others which are found on two leaves at the beginning of vol. G: 4. A ugust! As you like yt a booke Henry the ffift a booke jE uery man in his humoura booke yto be staled. The commedie of muche A doo about nothing a booke JT hese are all under the head of my lord chamberlens menils plaies. The year is not given, but the date of the previous entry is 27 May 1600, and that of the following 23 January 1603, and as the other plays mentioned in the entry were printed in 1600 and 1601, it may be fairly conjectured that the year to be supplied is 1600. The play was probably written in the course of the same year. It is not mentioned by Meres in the list of Shakespeare splays which he gives in Palladis Tamia, and it contains a quotation (iii. 5. 80) fromM arlowe sH ero and Leander, which was first published in the year 1598. Now Meres sbook was entered atS tationers Hall on the 7th of September 1598, and therefore between that date and 4A ugust 1600, we have to put the three plays Henry V, Much A do about Nothing, and As You Like I t, which are all mentioned in the memorandum made under the. latter date, while apparently they were not published when Meres wrote. A gain XOU yU(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.
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