Mother Bombie - John Lyly

Mother Bombie is unique among Lyly's comedies. Structured upon a Roman New Comedy model, the play turns on a tissue of misconceptions surrounding the efforts of four fathers to secure socially advantageous marriages for their heirs and the determination of their young servants to exploit their masters' aspirations for their own advantage.

List of contents

General editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
THE TEXT
Authorship and date
Sources and contexts
Style and structure
Cunning and folly
Marginalization
Dramaturgy, staging, and the stage history of the play
Critical reception
This edition
Notes
Mother Bombie
Appendix: historical collation.
Index

About the author

Leah Scragg is an Honoarary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures at the University of Manchester

Summary

Mother Bombie is unique among Lyly’s comedies. Structured upon a Roman New Comedy model, the play turns on a tissue of misconceptions surrounding the efforts of four fathers to secure socially advantageous marriages for their heirs and the determination of their young servants to exploit their masters’ aspirations for their own advantage. -- .

Product details

• Authors: John Lyly, Leah Scragg
• Assisted by: Stephen Bevington (Editor), Richard Dutton (Editor), Leah Scragg (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2014
• EAN: 9780719096884
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9688-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The Revels Plays; The Revels Plays
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama