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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