The Twice-Chang'D Friar
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The Malone Society
ISBN-10
1526113929
ISBN-13
9781526113924
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 1st, 2018
Print length
120 Pages
Weight
556 grams
Dimensions
20.40 x 24.40 x 1.50 cms
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The Twice Chang’d Friar is a manuscript comedy based on a tale from Boccaccio’s Decameron. Thought to be written by amateur playwright John Newdigate III, the play tells the story of friar Albert and his seduction of a Venetian merchant’s wife by posing as the God Cupid. When discovered, Albert seeks to escape disguised under a bear’s skin. -- .
The Twice-Chang’d Friar is one of four early seventeenth-century plays preserved in a manuscript miscellany in the library of the Newdigate family of Arbury Hall, Nuneaton (Arbury Hall MS A414). The play, which appears to have been written by family member and drama lover John Newdigate III, is thought to be unique to this manuscript. This edition makes the play available in print for the first time. The Twice Chang’d Friar is an Italianate city comedy based on a tale from Boccaccio’s Decameron. It tells the story of Albert, a friar who seduces Lisetta, a beautiful Venetian merchant’s wife by persuading her that he is the incarnation of Cupid. Albert’s plot is eventually uncovered by Lisetta’s brothers, whom he escapes by disguising himself in a bear’s skin. The play is a fascinating example of an amateur manuscript drama, of interest to all scholars and students of early modern drama. -- .
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