Advertised in its Prologue as a prequel to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, Fletcher and Massinger's The False One is the first literary work completely to revolve around the affair between Caesar and Cleopatra. In its deployment of their liaison as a venue for the exploration and criticism of contemporary political manoeuvring and its high-spirited and pungent appropriation of Roman history, the play proves to be one of the most compelling Jacobean dramatizations of the classical past.
This Revels Plays edition offers the first fully annotated, single-volume critical edition of The False One, with a thorough introduction that provides new insights on the date and the theatre of the play's first performance, examines the playwrights' reworking of their sources and explores the theatrical potential of a play that has hitherto regrettably been lost to the dramatic repertory.
| ISBN: | 9781526151636 |
| Publication date: | 9th August 2022 |
| Author: | John Fletcher |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | The Revels Plays |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Theatre studies |
Advertised in its Prologue as a prequel to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, Fletcher and Massinger's The False One is the first literary work completely to revolve around the affair between Caesar and Cleopatra. In its deployment of their liaison as a venue for the exploration and criticism of contemporary political manoeuvring and its high-spirited and pungent appropriation of Roman history, the play proves to be one of the most compelling Jacobean dramatizations of the classical past.
The False One features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Theatre studies
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The False One was written by John Fletcher and published by Manchester University Press
The False One has 256 pages
Yes it is part of The Revels Plays series
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