Shakespeare of Stratford/The Biographical Facts/Fact 41

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XLI. ANTHONY SCOLOKER ON ‘FRIENDLY SHAKESPEARE’ AND HIS HAMLET (1604).

Epistle prefatory to Daiphantus, or the Passions of Love, 1604.

It should be like the never-too-well-read Arcadia . . . or to come home to the vulgar’s element like Friendly Shakespeare’s tragedies, where the comedian rides when the tragedian stands on tiptoe: ’faith it should please all, like Prince Hamlet.