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An Humorous Day's Mirth: By George Chapman
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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An Humorous Day's Mirth: By George Chapman
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Charles Edelman
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| Series | The Revels Plays |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:200 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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| Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts
Literary studies - plays and playwrights |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781526116925
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.3 |
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| Audience | | General | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
1 black & white illustration
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
1 June 2017 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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 present day. This play is the English theatre's first 'comedy of humours', in which the attitudes, behaviour, and social pretensions of contemporary men and women are satirised. Charles Edelman's is the first fully annotated, modern spelling edition of this long-neglected play. In his extensive introduction and commentary, Edelman discusses the intellectual, philosophical and theatrical background, and shows that the play would delight the readers and audiences of today as much as those in 1597. -- .
Author Biography
Charles Edelman is an Honorary Senior Fellow at Edith Cowan University -- .
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