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  • Books of the Month
    January 1882 Issue
  • Proverbs Considered
    Ernest WeekleyApril 1930 Issue
  • The Hidden Women Writers of the Elizabethan Theater

    In Shakespeare’s time, women were actively engaged in the theater business—and their roles may well have extended to writing plays.

    Phyllis RackinJune 8, 2019
  • Elizabeth the Great
    Esther Cloudman DunnApril 1934 Issue
  • Words, Words, Words
    September 1936 Issue
  • The Hamlets of the Stage: Part I
    June 1869 Issue
  • The Hamlets of the Stage: Part Ii
    August 1869 Issue
  • Elizabethan Psychology
    Edward DowdenSeptember 1907 Issue
  • Logan Pearsall Smith
    Cyril ConnollyJune 1946 Issue
  • Glorious John
    Anthony BurgessNovember 1987 Issue
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