Reading and acting Shakespeare in France in the hand of Fernand Baldensperger [manuscript], ca.1905.

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Reading and acting Shakespeare in France in the hand of Fernand Baldensperger [manuscript], ca.1905.

Later much condensed to form a chapter in his Etudes d'histoire litteraire, 1910. A few pages are typescript, the rest the author's autograph.

227 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7109931

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Baldensperger, Fernand, 1871-1958

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Fernand Baldensperger was a professor of Comparative Literature, who taught at the University of Nancy (1894), the University of Lyon (1900-10), the University of Paris (1910-35), Harvard (1935-40) and UCLA (1940-45). Horace S. Craig, received his Ph.D. in French Literature from UCLA in 1941 and collaborated with Baldensperger on a published collection of 19th- and 20th-century literary criticism. From the description of Letters to Horace S. Craig, 1940-1955. (Harvard University). Wo...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...