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The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Drama Classics)
Francis Beaumont
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Paperback. A burlesque of knight errantry and a parody of Heywood's "Four Prentice's of London "from the English Elizabethan dramatist. Editor(s): Counsell, Colin. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 99.
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Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a five-act satire on chivalric romances, generally considered the earliest whole parody (or pastiche) play in English.
The play's structure is that of a play within a play. The intended performance of The London Merchant - the tale of an apprentice's efforts to win the hand of his master's daughter - is interrupted by a request from the audience to stage the story of a heroic grocer who kills a lion with a pestle. Rafe is dragged from the ... Read more
The play was first performed at Blackfriars Theatre, London, in 1607.
This edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series is edited and introduced by Colin Counsell.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Drama Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854596246
SKU
V9781854596246
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99-5
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