Lanterna Rally

Author: Joseph Crosby

Publisher: Associated University Presses

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780918016744

A collection of excerpts from 251 letters written by a shy widower and grocer in Zanesville. Ohio, who, in his time, was one of three Americans who could be called learned and eminent Shakespeareans. They are concerned with book collection, stage production, stage history, the state of the English language in Shakespeare's time, criticism, and interpretation of the text.