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But the city--which gained a national reputation for tightfistedness 10 years ago when voters ejected the entire city council in a tax revolt--wants some thing in return. For example, Gurr and Ichikawa say that Heywood "was also a lot more demanding over staging than Shakespeare, whose tightfistedness in his personal finances may also be reflected in the economy of the demands he laid on his company for staging his plays" (45). The majority of those surveyed cited economic prospects for their tightfistedness. |
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