Introduction -- Robert Armin : apprentice, extemporizing comedian, author, singing actor, and possible Shakespeare's collaborator -- Early modern music contexts -- Armin's singng fools : Feste, Lear's fool, and Autolycus -- Much ado about nothing and As you like it : Armin's beginning with Shakespeare's company -- Armin's possible apprentices : Ophelia and Desdemona -- Robert Johnson's songs in Cymbeline and The tempest : Armin's final performances with the King's Men? -- Conclusion -- Appendiex 1 : Songs in the plays -- Appendix 2 : Alternate settings for Holy thy peace and Willow, willow.
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