Sunday, March 10, 2024

Mar 10– From Philaster (1610?) by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

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Mar 10– From Philaster (1610?) by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

Summary: King wants daughter to marry guy. Daughter wants to marry someone else. Everyone spreads rumors about everyone else having an affair. You know the drill.

Commentary: Another play with no (easily accessible) versions for me to watch. It seems clever enough, a couple good bits of wordplay in this excerpt. As I've said several times before, it's hard to really give a good opinion of a play from only reading an excerpt.

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