Sidea

The plots of two of his comedies, _Von der schönen Phoenicia_ and _Von der schönen Sidea_, were evidently drawn from the same sources as those of Shakespeare's _Much Ado about Nothing_ and _Tempest_.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

From a German play, _Die schöne Sidea_, by a Nuremberg dramatist, named Jacob Ayrer.

William Shakespeare John Masefield 1922

An early German Play, "The Fair Sidea" had been brought forward on account of some resemblances to "The Tempest."

Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Charlotte Endymion Porter 1900

Ayrer, Jacob, his _Die schone Sidea_, 253 and _n_ 1

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

No source for the complete plot has been discovered, but the German writer, Jacob Ayrer, who died in 1605, dramatised a somewhat similar story in 'Die schone Sidea,' where the adventures of Prospero, Ferdinand, Ariel, and Miranda are roughly anticipated. {253a} English actors were performing at Nuremberg, where

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

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The Complete Measurer: Or, The Whole Art of Measuring. In Two Parts. The First Part Teaching ... 1775