Harley 7368, f.9 First Page of the 'May Day Scene', generally attributed to Shakespeare, from...

Harley 7368, f.9 First Page of the 'May Day Scene', generally attributed to Shakespeare, from the playhouse copy, or 'Booke of Sir Thomas More', c.1593-1601 (ink on paper)

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English School, (17th century) / English

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British Library, London, UK

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ink on paper

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c. 1593 AD - 1601 AD (C16th AD - C17th AD)

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44.5x33.3 cms

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Dimensions: 445 x 333 mm (mount) Part of the scene Shakespeare wrote for the co-authored play, 'Sir Thmas More'. The only surviving literary manuscript in Shakespeare's hand. [The only surviving literary manuscript in Shakespeare's hand.] Author: Shakespeare, William / Shakespear's rewrite probably dates from the early years of the reign of James I, 1603-4. Source/Shelfmark: Harley 7368, f.9 William Shakespeare (1564-1616); first folio; part of a collaborative revision of an early drama tracing More's career; This incomplete transcript, copied mostly in the hand of Anthony Munday, with additions and revisions made by five other dramatists, was submitted for a licence to Edmund Tillney, Master of the Revels; originally published between 1593 and 1601;

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