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An annotated collection of Elizabethan plays

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Some Brief and Helpful Notes on Reading the Plays

The following brief articles are intended to give you some background and helpful information to help you in reading the annotated plays on our site:

I. Notes on the Plays, and Downloading to Your E-reader
II. Notes on the Annotations
III. Notes on Iambic Pentameter
IV. What Should I Be Thinking About as I Read the Plays?

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  • Vows, Oaths and Swears
  • Verse vs. Prose
  • Why Read Elizabethan Drama?
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