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2 Prose and Verse: Sometimes ‘transparent’, Sometimes Meeting with ‘a jolt’
Appendix B: Characters with ≥ 2,000 Words of Dialogue from 243 Plays Performed on the Commercial Stage, 1580–1642
Appendix C: Plays First Appearing on the Commercial Stage 1590–1609, with Totals for Prop-Types and Lines Spoken
Appendix D: Distribution of 691 Prop-Types across 160 Plays First Appearing on the Commercial Stage, 1590–1609