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This was followed by Gammer Gurton's Needle , by Bishop Still , a folksy sort of play about the furore over a lost needle which finally turns up in the breeches of a manservant . Tragedy appeared first in Gorboduc , or Ferrex and Porrex ...
This was followed by Gammer Gurton's Needle , by Bishop Still , a folksy sort of play about the furore over a lost needle which finally turns up in the breeches of a manservant . Tragedy appeared first in Gorboduc , or Ferrex and Porrex ...
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For a short time , during his restless youth , he followed in his father's footsteps , availing himself of the privilege of succession which his father had purchased for him . But destiny had other things in store for Jean Baptiste .
For a short time , during his restless youth , he followed in his father's footsteps , availing himself of the privilege of succession which his father had purchased for him . But destiny had other things in store for Jean Baptiste .
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In his footsteps followed his still greater son , Edwin Booth , king of the American stage in his day , a tragic figure whose brilliant career was shadowed and whose life was stalked by the crime of his talented but irrational brother ...
In his footsteps followed his still greater son , Edwin Booth , king of the American stage in his day , a tragic figure whose brilliant career was shadowed and whose life was stalked by the crime of his talented but irrational brother ...
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