The Plays Of Beaumont And Fletcher Classic Reprint

Author : Alex Dyce
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ISBN 13 : 9781331015017
Total Pages : 548 pages
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Download or read book The Works of Beaumont Fletcher, Vol. 11 of 11 written by Alex Dyce and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Beaumont Fletcher, Vol. 11 of 11: The d104 Formed From a New Collation of the Early; With Notes and a Biographical Memoir The editors agree in stating that this play, having been left imperfect by Fletcher, was finished by some other dramatist. But surely we may gather from the Prologue that the play had been completed by Fletcher (and perhaps that it had been acted during his life); and that The Lovers' Progress, as we now possess it, is Fletcher's play, with sundry additions and alterations made by another dramatist for a revival of the piece, a considerable time after Fletcher's death. The Editors of 1778 supposed that the second dramatist was Shirley. Weber thinks that the author in question was Massinger, observing that "the versification bears a much closer resemblance to that of Massinger" than of Shirley, and that "we may discover in the prologue and epilogue the very striking modesty of that amiable poet." Weber is perhaps right. Langbaine first remarked that "this play is built on a French Romance written by M. Daudiguier, call'd Lisander and Calista." Account of Eng. Dram. Poets, p. 211. The said romance was originally printed at Paris in 1015, without the name of the author (Hery D'audiguier), and entitled Histoire tragi-comique de notre temps. In the more recent editions it is called Histoire des Amours de Lysandre et de Caliste. It forms a volume of considerable size; and it contains such a crowd of incidents, that the following abridgment has been a difficult task. "Book I. In the reign of Henry the Great, there was a young Frenchman named Cleandre, of noble birth, rich, handsome, and distinguished for his valour and virtues. He enjoyed perfect happiness in his marriage with the beautiful and amiable Caliste, A young chevalier called Lysandre, whose courtesy and valour were not to be excelled, became violently enamoured of Caliste, and, for her sake, courted the acquaintance of her husband, who speedily conceived for him an ardent friendship. Lysandre, however, having no opportunity of declaring his passion to Caliste, pined away, and lost his health. 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.