ìKempís Nine Daies Wonder:î London, 1600. Fac-simile Reproduction: Superintended by Edmund W. Ashbee.
ìKempís Nine Daies Wonder:î London, 1600. Fac-simile Reproduction: Superintended by Edmund W. Ashbee.
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- Author
- [Ashbee (Edmund W.)]
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- [London:] For Private Circulation Only, [1876?].
- Keyword
- FACSIMILES SHAKESPEARE
Description
4to, 2 preliminary leaves followed by 32 unnumbered leaves of facsimiles, one of 100 numbered copies signed by Ashbee, some light spotting, orig. blue boards, lacks spine. In 1599 Will Kemp morris-danced from London to Norwich. Kemp was an actor, a jester and a friend of William Shakespeare. It is suggested that he undertook the journey when Shakespeare turned him down for the role of the clown in Hamlet. This is a facsimile reprint of his account of the said journey.