NOTE.-Thomas Kyd's Spanish Tragedy and Hamlet, also Marlowe's Faustus and Jew time we hear of him is from the performance of Hen. VI. Part I. at Newington Butts. A year late at the Rose, but it was written about this time. Romeo and Juliet and Ben Jonson's Comedy were there. The evidence for play-revivals at the Globe is found on the title-pages of the later edition taken from Cunningham's Revels, and copied from Mr. J. T. Murray's English Dramatic Compan states (1913) that the performances of the dramatist's plays in the royal palaces during his lifetime inclusive, are arranged approximately in the order in which they were written.-W. POEL. WHERE THEY WERE ACTED IN LONDON, 1591—1642. le "GLOBE". The "GLOBE". Bankside. Bankside. 1599-1613. ary V. ch Ado About Nothing. You Like It. mlet final version). elfth Night. ius Cæsar. asure for Measure. ello. ig Lear. cbeth. non of Athens. ricles. tony & Cleopatra. riolanus. mbeline. inter's Tale. mpest. 1599-1613. Revivals. Romeo and Juliet. Richard II. Richard III. Henry IV. Part I. Merry Wives. Henry V. Hamlet. 1614-1642. Romeo and Juliet. Richard II. Richard III. Merchant of Venice. Merry Wives. Henry V. Hamlet. Taming of Shrew. Othello. King Lear. a, were the most popular plays in London when Shakespeare began writing for the Stage. The first lame is mentioned by Nash, the dramatist. There is no mention of the play Edward III. being acted at the Curtain, and the other five plays were written at the period when Shakespeare's Company was quartos; this applies only to plays separately printed. The names of the plays acted at Court are 58-1642. It is quite possible that other plays by Shakespeare were acted at Court. Mr. Ernest Law have numbered upwards of one hundred. The 36 plays of Shakespeare, named in columns 2 to 6, STEPS TOWARDS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN. In publishing the fourth list of contributions to the new library for the crippled and exiled University of Louvain, which has been in process of formation in the John Rylands Library since the month of December, 1914, we furnish fresh evidence of the generous and widespread sympathy which our appeal has evoked. One of the most gratifying features of this response to our appeal is that all classes of the community, not only in this country, but in many parts of the English-speaking world, have participated in it. The list of donors will be found to contain, not only the names of institutions which have made liberal contributions of eminently suitable works from their stores of duplicates; and of individual collectors who have given with equal liberality, from their own shelves, volumes of great interest, and often of great rarity; but also the names of struggling students and working men whose gifts partake of the sanctity of a sacrifice, since they consist, in many cases, of treasured possessions which had been acquired through the exercise of strict economy and self-denial, and which in consequence they had learnt to love and prize. In this way upwards of 8000 volumes have been accumulated already, and each day brings with it fresh offers of assistance. These gifts constitute an excellent nucleus for the new library; yet, when it is realized that the collection of books so wantonly destroyed at Louvain numbered nearly a quarter of a million of volumes, it is evident that if the work of replacement, which we have inaugurated, is to be accomplished, very much more remains to be done. There are those who seek to condone this insensate crime of destruction by suggesting that the burning of the library of Louvain was an unfortunate accident; whilst others contend that the contents of the library were only partially destroyed, and that portions have been removed to a place of safety. Unfortunately, these views are not |