A comparative study of the five types of disguises and plot patterns found in Elizabethan drama. Specifically examines the female page, the boy bride, the rogue in multi-disguise, the spy in disguise, and the lover in disguise.
Excerpt from Disguise Plots in Elizabethan Drama: A Study in Stage Tradition If we narrow our View to a single type Of literature, the drama, we shall find a long succession Of disguise situations reaching its height in the Renaissance drama of Italy, Eng land, and Spain. On the London stage alone disguise occurs with important dramatic functions in more than two hundred extant plays which were produced before the death of Shakespeare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX B The following is a list of the plays, novels, romances, ballads, etc., which have been discussed in this book. The items here classified according to author will be found listed according to title in the index. A few of the plays here named do not contain the disguise motive. For the full titles represented by the names Dodsley, Klein, Scala, etc., the reader should refer to Appendix A. Anonymous Plats: Albion Knight. Fragment in Shak. Soc., 1844. Ballad of Gude Wallace. See Child. Beggar's Daughter of Bednal Green, The. See Percy. Birth of Hercules, The. Ed. M. W. Wallace. Chicago, 1903. Capitani Simili, Li Due. See Scala. Capitano, II. See Scala. Common Conditions. Repr. Quell, u. Forsch., Ixxx. Comte d'Artois, Le Liure du tres Chevalereux, et de sa Femme. Ed. J. Barrois. Paris, 1837. Creduta Morta, La. See Scala. Cromwell, Thomas Lord. Ed. C. F. T. Brooke. Shakespeare Apocrypha, 1908. Disguises, The. (Not extant. See Chapter VI, page 122.) Doctor Disperato, II. See Scala. Fair Em. Ed. C. F. T. Brooke. Shakespeare Apocrypha, 1908. Fair Maid of Bristmv, The. Ed. A. H. Quinn. Philadelphia, 1902. Faithful Friends. In the Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, vol. ii. Famous History of George a Greene, The. Described and printed in part in Collins's Greene. Felix andPhilomena. (Not extant. See Chapter IV, page 68.) Fidi Amid, Li Tre. See Scala. Fidi Notari, Li Due. See Scala. Anonymous Plays: Finta Pazza, La. See Scala. Fortuna di Flavio, La. See summary by Miss Smith in Mod. Phil., viii. Grim the Collier of Croyden. Dodsley, viii. leronimo, The First Part of. Boas, Kyd. Ingannati, Gl'. Tr. by T. L. Peacock, Works. 1875, vol. 3. Jack Juggler. Dodsley, ii. Jew The. (Not extant. Mentioned by Gosson.) King Horn. E. E. T. S. Old Series, ..
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