Twice-Chang''d Friar

The Twice Chang'd Friar is a manuscript comedy based on a tale from Boccaccio's Decameron. Thought to be written by amateur playwright John Newdigate III, the play tells the story of friar Albert and his seduction of a Venetian merchant's wife by posing as the God Cupid. When discovered, Albert seeks to escape disguised under a bear's skin.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION
Provenance
Physical Description
Paper and Watermarks
- Hand
- Marginal Annotations
- Authorship
Date
Audience and Performance
Editorial Conventions
PLATES
THE TEXT

About the author

Siobhan Keenan is Reader in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at De Montfort University

Summary

The Twice Chang’d Friar is a manuscript comedy based on a tale from Boccaccio’s Decameron. Thought to be written by amateur playwright John Newdigate III, the play tells the story of friar Albert and his seduction of a Venetian merchant’s wife by posing as the God Cupid. When discovered, Albert seeks to escape disguised under a bear’s skin. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Siobhan Keenan
• Assisted by: Paul Dean (Editor), Siobhan Keenan (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781526113924
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1392-4
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: The Malone Society; Malone Society Mup; The Malone Society
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies