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Ostovich, H. (2007). Early Modern Theatre History. In: Hiscock, A., Hopkins, L. (eds) Teaching Shakespeare and Early Modern Dramatists. Teaching the New English. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230593206_2
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