CONCERNING HARLEQUIN AND COMPANY. 47 made familiar to the public by means of the booths or shows erected at the fairs for the exhibition of “drolls,” dances, and other entertainments? And this is likely enough. Indeed seventy years before the performance of Ravenscroft’s play there are traces of… … PORTRAIT OF KEMP. it seems probable that to the Shakespearian actor, William Kemp, the original represen- tative of Dogberry, of Peter in ‘ Romeo and Juliet,’ and possibly also of Justice Shallow, is really due the first introduction of harlequin to an English theatrical audience. In 1607 was…
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