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This book combines theater and life in an attempt to consider how people inter- acted in face-to-face situations in early-modern England, and to examine the wid

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In 1578, the Anglo-Italian author, translator, and teacher John Florio wrote that English was 'a language that wyl do you good in England, but passe Dover, it i

In 1578, the Anglo-Italian author, translator, and teacher John Florio wrote that English was 'a language that wyl do you good in England, but passe Dover, it i