Philaster: Or, Love Lies A-bleedingMethuen, 1969 - 142 pages Written in 1609 for Shakespeare's company, "Philaster" is one of the most ambitious works of literary collaboration ever attempted. Whereas only the lowest potboiling third of the dramatic repertory of the time was produced by multiple authorship, this hybrid drama by a pair of young dramatists was also a new type of tragicomedy. Its success led the play to be performed for over thirty years and made Beaumont and Fletcher the only authors besides Shakespeare and Jonson to be granted the accolade of a posthumous collection of their plays in Folio. Andrew Gurr's substantial commentary and notes have never been surpassed since the first publication of the edition and joins the list of over thirty plays currently published in The Revels Plays. |
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Page li
... Pharamond . The plot as it subsequently develops is largely Fletcherian , con- cerned with love more than politics in the exposure of Pharamond's and Megra's lechery and Megra's revenge , casting doubt on Are- thusa's virtue , with the ...
... Pharamond . The plot as it subsequently develops is largely Fletcherian , con- cerned with love more than politics in the exposure of Pharamond's and Megra's lechery and Megra's revenge , casting doubt on Are- thusa's virtue , with the ...
Page lxx
... Pharamond woos Megra in ' pretty begging blanks ' , but as soon as they turn to the real business of their lust they switch to prose . Pharamond has already done the same with the Princess ; in I. ii . 159-201 he addresses her in ...
... Pharamond woos Megra in ' pretty begging blanks ' , but as soon as they turn to the real business of their lust they switch to prose . Pharamond has already done the same with the Princess ; in I. ii . 159-201 he addresses her in ...
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... Pharamond perhaps is meant to imply a willingness to act as pander for him . 4. honest ] chaste . 4-5 . a fair taking ] a desperate condition . 6-7 . our country ladies ] the ladies of Pharamond's own country , with a sexual quibble in ...
... Pharamond perhaps is meant to imply a willingness to act as pander for him . 4. honest ] chaste . 4-5 . a fair taking ] a desperate condition . 6-7 . our country ladies ] the ladies of Pharamond's own country , with a sexual quibble in ...
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Philaster: Or, Love Lies A-Bleeding by Beaumont and Fletcher Francis Beaumont,John Fletcher Limited preview - 2003 |
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