Excerpt from The Life of Shakspeare, Vol. 1 of 2: Enquiries Into the Originality of His Dramatic Plots and Characters; And Essays on the Ancient Theatres and Theatrical Usages Our great dramatist almost invariably select ed for the plot of his drama an event of history, a romantic tale, or some previous dramatic com. Position, and imposed upon himself an almost implicit adherence to his authorities, 'even in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.