[image: images/img_fp.jpg Caption: _INSIDE THE RED BULL PLAYHOUSE._ _From the frontispiece to Kirkman’s “Drolls.” 1672._] “What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.” _Master Francis Beaumont to Ben Jonson_.…
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