How Shakespeare put down those of the university pen & Ben Jonson too [manuscript], ca. 1860.

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How Shakespeare put down those of the university pen & Ben Jonson too [manuscript], ca. 1860.

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Autograph essay in the hand of Frederick Gard Fleay, probably a copy of an earlier draft, written on the backs of schoolboy exercises. Timon of Athens is identified as an attack on Jonson mentioned in The return from Parnassus. Both of these plays and Jonson's Poetaster are fully discussed.

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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637

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Fleay, Frederick Gard, 1831-1909

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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. ...