...Abbingdon. I have heard yc Mr. Shakespear was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented ye plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford and supplied y° stage with 2 plays every year, and for y' had an allowance so large, y* hee spent att y rate of...

...CHAPTER VII. LATER YEARS AND RETIREMENT. MATERIALS : Rev. John Ward's account : "Hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days...supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for that had an allowance so large that hee spent att the rate of /' u,.;.» a yeer, as I have heard."...

...heard," says he, "that Mr. Shakespeare was a natural wit, without any art at all; he frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days...and supplied the stage with two plays every year." That this statement is in all points strictly true, is not pretended; nor does the writer give any...

...volume.) I have heard y( Mr. Shakefpeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented y" plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford : and fupplied ye ftage with a plays every year, and for y' had an allowance fo large, y' hee fpent att ye...

...Abbingdon. I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days...supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large, that hee spent att the rate of 1,OOOL ayear, as I have heard. Shakespeare,...

...wit without any art at all, he frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days he lived at Stratford and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for that he had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of a thousand pounds a year, as I have...

...wit without any art at all, he frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days he lived at Stratford and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for that he had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of a thousand pounds a year, as I have...

...was a natural wit, without any art at all; he frequented plays all his younger time, but in his older days lived at Stratford; and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for that had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of .£1,000 a year" — which in those times...

...an intermittent part in the affairs of the company who occupied those stages, 1 ' He frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford.'—Diary of John Ward, Vicar of Stratford, p. 183. Continued interest in London theatres....

...1663, must be inaccurate : he wrote : " He supplied the Stage with two Plays every year, and for this had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of a thousand a year, as I have heard." We can be certain that Plays were never bought at this price then,...