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 xxxvii
... stage for the wealthier patrons , and it was common for a dozen or so gallants to sit on stools on the stage itself , which must have restricted the acting area a little.1 The boxes , too , seem to have been at the back or sides of the ...
... stage for the wealthier patrons , and it was common for a dozen or so gallants to sit on stools on the stage itself , which must have restricted the acting area a little.1 The boxes , too , seem to have been at the back or sides of the ...
Page xxxix
... stage directions , and The Knight of the Burning Pestle , which in many respects is a play parodying the performance of a play , sitting on stage , inter - act gossiping and all , has not only music but in one of its inter - acts a boy ...
... stage directions , and The Knight of the Burning Pestle , which in many respects is a play parodying the performance of a play , sitting on stage , inter - act gossiping and all , has not only music but in one of its inter - acts a boy ...
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... stage conventions . In Philaster , apart from the ingenious plotting there is scarcely any conspicuous stage device used save that of disguise -and that in the single example of Bellario . But they carried their economy much further ...
... stage conventions . In Philaster , apart from the ingenious plotting there is scarcely any conspicuous stage device used save that of disguise -and that in the single example of Bellario . But they carried their economy much further ...
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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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