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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Siobhan Keenan
• Con la collaborazione di: Paul Dean (Editore), Siobhan Keenan (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781526113924
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1392-4
• Pagine: 120
• Serie: The Malone Society; Malone Society Mup; The Malone Society
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata