The farmer and mechanic., 1912-08-06


ralstio outlook on ilir. from The ter
TorS and curses ~ the tragedies ID
one q calm serenity. peace and
reCo ncih4tioN. r-f'eNtinc the authors
own peaceful life both external AMI
spiritual during these closing years
DouGen,s theory threw food III.
hight 81 the poets artistic ard mental
growth. but hrok. down II tn. points
al which the facts of MS lie Uefe
supposed "a correspond II the pieys
written At ihe same time Lake jae
nenular hypothesis. Ii explained u'l i
but did not explain All the .ondltlons
and Phenomena
Thorn,iiLc'> New Theors
D Ins personal explanation ot
ShasSp-rc's Development Is just naa
corrected and supplemented, rather
than superseded. by d NOR. piausl oIs-
! and prAcucxi theory which | shalt
d-slsnate the Professional or Thorn
i olne theory. II originated IN The
course OF ~ investigation which Pro
lesser IhO-ndlAe III Harvard a7i
afterwards Columbia | University. aas
rcaklng INTO N. supposed infiuenc- o(
! Sha aksper~ on the rornanees ar trasi-
/ Comedies OF 6eaumont and Fletcher.
but II which the reverse WAS found
u De the case
This theory which has been ac-
cepted and extended by Professors
! Baker aDd Wendell Of Harvard and
Fierce. Of Yale. Is based upon an ex-
animation Of Shakspere's plays III
+ their relation u the literary move
lnents OF thr time We know th-
popular taste FOR novels and plays
changes 51Ist as il does in fashions ana
j amusenentS. The literary fashions
changed III London two or three
times during Shakspere's career as a
drainatist II u now certain that he
not only improved in power of v.rsifi
cation and dramatic e h 0iJIl,a ~ nile
composing and revising his plays but
: that h. careful 10 conform 10 the
, literary tendency Of tn" hour. This.
Of course. Ula determined by tn.
tastes and demands of the the,,ter-
! going public.
toGa aparatise study shows that
, Shakspert was most active iii writ
= ing histories soon after MarioWe had
, popular.Zed that Kind Of drama fol
, iCWin. the defeat Of the Armada. in
i3SS. and Peele, Greene and others
We're appealing - the new national
consciousness. Marlowe's influence is
nottea BIZ great both Shaksper.'s ,
, ti&n:l Verse and dramatic structure.
The example Of John Lyly's popular
, court comedies on Shaksperc's early
: oI.e,ieS is manifest TO all fh..
; largest number Of comedies wer-
Written by Shakspere and his conteEn-
8 pOraTieS between 1875 and 1900
. It can be shown in detail that the
: moment Robin Hood plays or folk
: lore comedies. or plays on classical
themes. or revenge tragedies ol
= stories of Italian intrigue, or roman
y y tic ira gi-comedies. cam. into yos ue
:. Immediately Shakspere sprane int,
= the field with similar plays to at
= tract the public 10 his theatre eaci
- time writing better play in each
type than had been written by The
pioneer dramatistS. IinelineSS. then
IF a meet The demands of the and :
n probably determined his choice Of 4
f merry comedy dramatiZed hastl.
: from a popular. tale, or OF sober
e tragedy drawn from an Italian no
5, vena. There was room for 2 900 per
y sons in the Globe and several hun
Il dred more in the Blackfriers. and full
n houses meant corre5pondingiy large
l. dividends to Shakspere and the othe,
l. shareholders Sha kspere was W.
& know, one Of the most successful! busi
d ness men in English literature. his in
= come reaching 500 pounds a year
g Like Lamb and Scott and Mark Twaif
r he taught the world how to combin'
: business with culture.
er We need not hesitate to declar,
l. that our poet was a notorious inita
a tor-jealous Greene accused him .
being crow who beautifed him
,r self with other birds feathers ii
ID we are careful to add that be W.
l. also perfecter Of other mems inyen
a. tiOns, for his was the everlasting
IS glory and credit OF bringing 10
J. splendid perfection the various dram
ID atic types Of the Eliza bethan stage
8, and so with al human inventions
l. Shakspere's genius was initiative. bu
t far from that OF A servile pagiarist
He not only improved on the WORK o
le his fellow playwrights, but, as Saints
IS bury says, he outclassed every one II
10 his own special field
ag Wauchope's Shakspcre.
s. In conclusion. / wish 10 say tha
p the old view Of Snakspere and the ole
re method OF study Is now 6eing super
,e seeded by more rational and init
" mate attitude. and q more direct ap
n pToaeh The old theory OF an infal
le l:ble and inspired Shakspere does no
er appeal TO me. Far from spring.
IN full-armed into the literary arena W
"A know now that his native enuiDD, pu