Locrine

A Dictionary of Shakespeare;      38 words ...Locrine An anonymous tragedy, entered in the Stationers' Register in 1594, published in 1595 as ‘newly set forth, overseen and corrected by W.S.’, and attributed to Shakespeare in the seventeenth century ( see APOCRYPHAL WORKS ).

Apocryphal works

A Dictionary of Shakespeare;      201 words ...Apocryphal works A number of works attributed to Shakespeare in his own time and later are now not generally accepted as his. These include six...

Northern Virginia

The Washington Post;  March 29, 2007 ;     340 words ......Shakespeare in Washington festival, among so many of the Bard's confirmed works. That's because this play is listed in the "Shakespeare Apocrypha," among other works whose origin is still in doubt. Judge for yourself when the Washington Shakespeare Company production...

Puritan, The, or The Puritan Widow

A Dictionary of Shakespeare;      58 words ......thought to be by Thomas Middleton . It includes a probable allusion to Macbeth : ‘Instead of a jester, we'll ha' the ghost i’ the white sheet sit at upper end o' the table’ ( IV . iii. 89–91). See APOCRYPHAL WORKS .

Thomas

The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible;      101 words ......his insistence on physical proofs for Jesus's resurrection has led to the phrase “doubting Thomas.” Several apocryphal works are ascribed to or are about Thomas, including the gnostic gospel of Thomas and the Acts of Thomas. In the latter, his...

WORDS ON . . .; TRADITIONS: HANUKAH

The Washington Post;  November 26, 1994 ;     139 words ......widely observed Jewish holiday in the United States after Passover and Yom Kippur, has no basis in the Hebrew Bible. The apocryphal works First and Second Maccabees tell of the victory of Jewish revolutionaries over the Syrian emperor Antiochus 2,200 years...

Shakespeare, William

A Dictionary of Shakespeare;      113 words ...Shakespeare, William (1564–1616) The principal entries relating directly to his life and career are: APOCRYPHAL WORKS ; ARMS, SHAKESPEARE'S ; AUTHORSHIP ; BAPTISM, SHAKESPEARE'S ; BIRTHDAY, SHAKESPEARE'S ; BIRTHPLACE, SHAKESPEARE'S...

Shakespeare's 'All's Well That Ends Well.'

The Explicator;  March 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......G. K. Introduction. All's Well That Ends Well. The Arden Shakespeare. London: Methuen, 1959. The London Prodigal. In Shakespeare Apocrypha, ed. C. F. Tucker Brooke. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. 192-218. Wells, Evelyn. A Treasury of Names. New York: Essential...

RSC skedding Bard's lighter side for 2005.(Royal Shakespeare Co.)

Daily Variety;  September 16, 2004 ;     444 words ......The five plays under the Gunpowder banner will begin with Thomas More. The drama, dating to the 1590s, is an example of Shakespeare apocrypha, a script reportedly written by the Bard in collaboration with others; Robert Delamere directs. Next up are the 1618...

Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......apocrypha presented in The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), deSilva discusses sixteen apocryphal works. Naturally, discussions involve the ten deuterocanonical books received by the Roman Catholic Church (with the Additions...

Susan Lynskey: Age 10 and Loving It

The Washington Post;  October 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......directed by Kathleen Akerley. Joe Banno will direct "Edward III" (March 29-April 29, 2007), a play from the so-called Shakespeare Apocrypha -- believed by scholars to be part Bard and part others. Jose Carrasquillo will stage "Macbeth" (June 14-July 15, 2007...

'Tis pity she's a whore: the revision of Mary Magdalene in contemporary...

Papers on Language & Literature;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......found in all of the canonical gospels, but nowhere else in the New Testament. However, she is a character in 11 gnostic/apocryphal works, where sometimes she is a major character. (193) Galen Knutson adds, However, if a count is made more narrowly of the passion...

Actes de l'apotre Philippe

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  July 1, 1998 ;     638 words ......Litterature Apocryphe Chretienne. The book opens with a useful account of the series. It is important that these Acts and other apocryphal works be considered in their own right and not in antithesis to NT material. In the introduction Frederic Amsler gives the historical...

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Theological Studies;  March 1, 2000 ;     373 words ......the Gentiles and his letter-writing activities, Paul as the theologizer and the model ascetic, Paul as portrayed in later apocryphal works. Although historical considerations are paramount, the book is essentially pastoral: it presumes that a fuller knowledge...

Ethiopian sacred artifacts donated to Howard divinity school

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  March 8, 1994 ;     687 words ......homiletic, hagiographic and religion-magical works." The collection included a 15th-century manuscript containing such apocryphal works as the Acts of Peter and other apostles, a 17th-century manuscript of the New Testament without the Gospels, and an Old...