Grocers, goldsmiths, and drapers: Freemen and apprentices in the Elizabethan theater

Shakespeare Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-46

  Kathman, David ^a  

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EID: 60949181947     PISSN: 00373222     EISSN: 15383555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/shq.2004.0049     Document Type: Article

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