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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
| XV | ||
| THE LATEST PLAYS | ||
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| The placid temper of the latest plays | 257 | |
| 1610 | Cymbeline | 258 |
| 1611 | The Winter's Tale | 260 |
| 1611 | The Tempest | 261 |
| Fanciful interpretations of The Tempest | 265 | |
| Unfinished plays | 267 | |
| The lost play of Cardenio | 267 | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | 268 | |
| Henry VIII | 269 | |
| The burning of the Globe Theatre | 269 | |
| XVI | ||
| THE CLOSE OF LIFE | ||
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| Plays at Court in 1613 | 273 | |
| Actor-friends | 273 | |
| 1611 | Final settlement at Stratford | 275 |
| Domestic affairs | 275 | |
| 1613, | March. Purchase of a house in Blackfriars | 276 |
| 1614, | Oct. Attempt to enclose the Stratford common fields | 279 |
| 1616, | April 23. Shakespeare's death | 280 |
| 1616, | April 23. Shakespeare's burial | 281 |
| The will | 282 | |
| Shakespeare's bequest to his wife | 283 | |
| Shakespeare's heiress | 284 | |
| Legacies to friends | 285 | |
| The tomb in Stratford Church | 286 | |
| Shakespeare's personal character | 286 | |
| XVII | ||
| SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS | ||
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| Mrs. Judith Quiney (1585-1662) | 289 | |
| Mrs. Susanna Hall (1583-1649) | 290 | |
| The last descendant | 291 | |
| Shakespeare's brothers, Edmund, Richard, and Gilbert | 292 | |
| XVIII | ||
| AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS | ||
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| Extant specimens of Shakespeare's handwriting | 293 | |
| His mode of writing | 294 | |
| The poet's spelling of his surname | 294 | |
| 'Shakespeare' the accepted form | 295 | |
| Shakespeare's portraits | 297 | |
| The Stratford bust | 298 | |
| The 'Stratford' portrait | 298 | |
| Droeshout's engraving | 299 | |
| The 'Droeshout' painting | 300 | |
| Later portraits | 303 | |
| The 'Chandos' portrait | 303 | |
| The 'Jansen' portrait | 305 | |
| The 'Felton' portrait | 305 | |
| The 'Soest' portrait | 306 | |
| Miniatures | 306 | |
| The Garrick Club bust | 307 | |
| Alleged death-mask | 307 | |
| Memorials in sculpture | 308 | |
| Memorials at Stratford | 309 | |