| Evidence: | Extracted by G. C. Moore Smith from J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, "Memoranda on the Tragedy of Hamlet"(1879): 'There was once in existence a copy of Speght's edition of Chaucer, 1598, with manuscript notes by Gabriel Harvey, one of those notes being in the following terms: -- "The younger sort take much delight in Shakespear's Venus and Adonis, but his Lucrece and his tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark have it in them to please the wiser sort."' |
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| Century: | 1500-1599, 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Gabriel Harvey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1545 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Title: | Works |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Ed. Speght, 1598 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9479 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Gabriel Harvey | |
| Editor: | G. C. Moore Smith | |
| Title: | Gabriel Harvey's Marginalia | |
| Place of Publication: | Stratford-Upon-Avon | |
| Date of Publication: | 1913 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | viii | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Gabriel Harvey, G. C. Moore Smith (ed.), Gabriel Harvey's Marginalia (Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1913), p. viii, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9479, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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