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This fully annotated version makes available on one of the most popular and influential plays by Beaumont and Fletcher, young contemporaries of Shakespeare. In discussing sources and stage history, the critical introduction challenges the common modern devaluation of these playwrights and offers a fresh, historically informed interpretation.

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'Bliss provides the play with much needed breathing space in her fine introduction - Lee Bliss and the Manchester University Press have produced an edition of a fascinating play to the Revels Play's usual high standards.' Elliott Kendall, TLS 7 October 2005

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The authors
2. The date
3. Sources
4. Tragicomedy and 'The Faithful Shepherdess'
5. The play
6. Stage history
7. The text
A King and No King
Appendix: Lineation

A King and No King Beaumont and Fletcher Revels

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 8/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719080425, 978-0719080425
      ISBN10: 0719080428

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This fully annotated version makes available on one of the most popular and influential plays by Beaumont and Fletcher, young contemporaries of Shakespeare. In discussing sources and stage history, the critical introduction challenges the common modern devaluation of these playwrights and offers a fresh, historically informed interpretation.

      Trade Review
      'Bliss provides the play with much needed breathing space in her fine introduction - Lee Bliss and the Manchester University Press have produced an edition of a fascinating play to the Revels Play's usual high standards.' Elliott Kendall, TLS 7 October 2005

      Table of Contents

      Abbreviations
      Introduction
      1. The authors
      2. The date
      3. Sources
      4. Tragicomedy and 'The Faithful Shepherdess'
      5. The play
      6. Stage history
      7. The text
      A King and No King
      Appendix: Lineation

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