Summary Itinerary of Robert Dudley’s Playing Company (1559–1588)

Laurie Johnson

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Appendix A - Summary Itinerary of Robert Dudley’s Playing Company (1559–1588)

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Information: Leicester's Men and their Plays
An Early Elizabethan Playing Company and its Legacy
, pp. 213 - 228

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