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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE DOWNFALL or ROBERT, EARL OF HUNTINGTON. ACT I. SCENE I. Enter Sir John Eltiiam, andknock at Skelton's door. Sir John. How, master Skelton; what, at study hard ? Opens the door. Skelton. Welcome, and wished for, honest Sir John Eltham. I have sent twice, and either time he miss'd That went to seek you. Eltham. So full well he might: These two hours it pleased his majesty .To use my service in surveying maps, Sent over from the good king Ferdinand, That to the Indies, at Sebastian's suit, Hath lately sent a Spanish colony. Skelton. Then 'twill trouble you, After your great affairs, to take the pain That I intended to entreat you to, About rehearsal of your promis'd play. This forms the Induction to the play, which purports to have been written to be performed before Henry VIII. by Sir Thomas Mantle, who performed Robin Hood, by Sir John Eltham, who played the part of Little John, by Skelton who acted Friar Tuck, by Little Tracy, as he is called, who supported the character of Maid Marian, and others, whose names are not mentioned. The whole is only supposed to be a rehearsal prior to the representation of the piece before the king, and in the course of it Skelton and Sir John Kltham have various critical and explanatory interlocutions. Skelton, it will be observed, also undertakes the duty of interpreting the otherwise inexplicable dumb shew. The old copy is not divided into acts and scenes. Ellham. Nay, master Skelton; for the king himself, As we were parting, bid me take great heed, We fail not of our day: therefore I pray Send for the rest, that now we may rehearse. Skelton. Oh they are ready all, and dress'd to play. What part play you ? Eltham. Why, I play Little John, And came on purpose with this green suit. S...
| ISBN-13 | 9781459077928 |
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| ISBN-10 | 145907792X |
| Weight | 0.29 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.19 In |
| List Price | $22.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 80 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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