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The Twice-Chang'D Friar (Hardcover)
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The Twice-Chang'D Friar (Hardcover)
Series: The Malone Society
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The Twice-Chang'd Friar is one of four early seventeenth-century
plays preserved in a manuscript miscellany in the library of the
Newdigate family of Arbury Hall, Nuneaton (Arbury Hall MS A414).
The play, which appears to have been written by family member and
drama lover John Newdigate III, is thought to be unique to this
manuscript. This edition makes the play available in print for the
first time. The Twice Chang'd Friar is an Italianate city comedy
based on a tale from Boccaccio's Decameron. It tells the story of
Albert, a friar who seduces Lisetta, a beautiful Venetian
merchant's wife by persuading her that he is the incarnation of
Cupid. Albert's plot is eventually uncovered by Lisetta's brothers,
whom he escapes by disguising himself in a bear's skin. The play is
a fascinating example of an amateur manuscript drama, of interest
to all scholars and students of early modern drama. -- .
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