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  • All Fools
    Charles Edelman
    Of all the poets Francis Meres names in his famous Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury (1598), just two rate a mention as being both ’our best for tragedy’ and ’the best poets for comedy’: William Shakespeare and George Chapman. All Fools, written in 1599, is the only Elizabethan comedy based directly on the plays of Terence. By taking episodes and characters from two brilliant works...
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    35,82 €

  • An Humorous Day’s Mirth
    Charles Edelman
    George Chapman is known today as a translator of Homer and as the author of dark tragedies such as Bussy D’Ambois. An Humorous Day’s Mirth was one of the most popular plays of the Elizabethan era. Not only was it the Rose Theatre’s greatest box-office success of 1597, it also presented an entirely new type of comedy, one that has profoundly influenced comic writing up to the pr...
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    28,57 €

  • The Stukeley plays
    Charles Edelman
    Sir Thomas Stukeley, the notorious English courtier, pirate, adventurer and soldier, died at the Battle of Alcazar in Morocco in 1578, while serving in the army of King Sebastian of Portugal. This volume comprises the first modern-spelling, annotated edition of two plays in which he is a major character: George Peele’s ’The Battle of Alcazar’ (c.1588), and the anonymous ’Famous...
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    29,68 €

  • Shakespeare’s Military Language
    Charles Edelman
    Shakespeare’s Military Language: A Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to Shakespeare’s use of military language, customs and ideas. More than just a book of definitions, an A-Z of nearly 300 entries provides a comprehensive account of Shakespeare’s portrayal of military life, tactics, and technology and explores how the plays comment upon military incidents and perso...
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    141,65 €