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An Humorous Day's Mirth

by George Chapman

Edited by Charles Edelman

An Humorous Day's Mirth
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  • ISBN: 9780719075742
  • Publish Date: Jul 2010
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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  • ISBN: 9781526116925
  • Publish Date: Jun 2017
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    • Format: Paperback
    • Pages: 200
    • Price: £19.99
    • Published Date: June 2017
    • Series: The Revels Plays

    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.

    Contents

    General editors' preface
    Editions and Textual Studies Collated, in Chronological Order
    Editions of Early Modern Dramatic Works cited in Commentary
    Other Primary Works Cited in Commentary
    Secondary Works Cited in Commentary
    Abbreviations: Notes and collation
    Introduction
    The Rose's New Hit
    A Typical London Day
    The Philosophy of Mirth
    The Four Humours
    The Humours and the soul
    Melancholy
    A Comedy of Manners
    From Page to Stage
    The Text
    Conclusion
    An Humorous Day's Mirth
    Appendix: Dowsecer's Defence of Cosmetics (7.00-00)

    Editor

    Charles Edelman is an Honorary Senior Fellow at Edith Cowan University

    An Humorous Day's Mirth

    Edited by Charles Edelman

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