John Lyly was undisputed master of the private theatre stage in the
1570s and 1580s. Lyly's "Endymion" (1588) represents his famous
Euphuistic style at its best and also gives us vintage Lyly as
courtier and dramatist. In this love comedy, Lyly retells an
ancient legend of the prolonged sleep of the man with whom the moon
(Cynthia) fell in love. The fable is piquantly relevant to Queen
Elizabeth and her exasperated if adoring courtiers. This edition
makes a new and compelling argument for the relevance of "Endymion"
to the threat of the Spanish Armada invasion of 1588 and to the
role of the Earl of Oxford in England's politics of that troubled
decade. Full commentary is provided on every aspect of the play,
including its philosophical allegory about the relation of the moon
to mortal life on earth.
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