Frederick S. (Frederick Samuel) Boas

Frederick S. (Frederick Samuel) Boas
Frederick Samuel Boas (1862–1957) was a prominent English scholar, known for his work on Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. He authored several influential studies on English Renaissance literature, including "Shakespeare and His Predecessors" (1896), which explored the development of Elizabethan drama. Boas also contributed to academic editions of works by early modern playwrights, such as Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe. His critical insights helped shape modern understanding of Renaissance theatre and its historical context.

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Plays on the subject of Caius Julius are so numerous that some difficulty arises in properly distinguishing the titles. In the case of the piece here reprinted the first title, which is also the head title, suggests a play of Chapman’s, while the running title is the traditional property of William Shakespeare. It seems, therefore, best that it should become known by the name which appears second on... more...

George Chapman was probably born in the year after Elizabeth's accession. Anthony Wood gives 1557 as the date, but the inscription on his portrait, prefixed to the edition of The Whole Works of Homer in 1616, points to 1559. He was a native of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, as we learn from an allusion in his poem Euthymiæ Raptus or The Teares of Peace, and from W. Browne's reference to him in... more...