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One of a series of play texts by Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists other than Shakespeare, this volume discusses the plays Campaspe and Sappho and Phao by John Lyly. The series aims to throw light on the plays and to offer views of the plays that have been neglected in the past. -- .

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Introduction to "Campaspe"; the text; date and authorship; sources and traditions; dramaturgy; staging; performance; introduction to "Sappho and Phao"; the text; authorship and date; sources and traditions; allegory; the comedy of courtship; the language of the play; dramaturgy and staging. Appendices: a collation of variants between Quarto 1 and Quarto 2 of 1584; variants newly introduced into Quarto 3 of 1591; the songs in "Campaspe" and "Sappho and Phao".

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    A Paperback by G.K. Hunter, Stephen Bevington

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 3/11/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719031007, 978-0719031007
      ISBN10: 0719031001

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      One of a series of play texts by Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists other than Shakespeare, this volume discusses the plays Campaspe and Sappho and Phao by John Lyly. The series aims to throw light on the plays and to offer views of the plays that have been neglected in the past. -- .

      Table of Contents
      Introduction to "Campaspe"; the text; date and authorship; sources and traditions; dramaturgy; staging; performance; introduction to "Sappho and Phao"; the text; authorship and date; sources and traditions; allegory; the comedy of courtship; the language of the play; dramaturgy and staging. Appendices: a collation of variants between Quarto 1 and Quarto 2 of 1584; variants newly introduced into Quarto 3 of 1591; the songs in "Campaspe" and "Sappho and Phao".

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