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The Aphrodysial or Sea-Fest (Hardcover)
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The Aphrodysial or Sea-Fest (Hardcover)
Series: The Malone Society
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The Aphrodysial is one of six plays written by William Percy (c.
1570-1648), brother of the Ninth Earl of Northumberland
(1564-1632). This edition reproduces the copy of the text preserved
in Huntington Library MS HM4, with a substantial collation of
variants between it and the other extant version preserved in
Alnwick Castle Library MS 509. This 'Marinall' is set at the
underwater court of Oceanus. The action is concerned with piscatory
and amatory pursuits that take place during Cytheraea's Aphrodysial
feast-day. The play offers a retelling of the Hero and Leander
story, Jupiter and Neptune's quest for Thetis's lost magic
bracelet, and the comical attempts of some fishermen, led by
Proteus, to capture a talking whale. The play is notable for its
extensive stage directions, which envisage performance by boy
actors and adult actors respectively. -- .
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