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Bezig met laden... Summer's last will and testamentdoor Thomas Nashe
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First established as a «festive comedy» in the same tradition as many of Shakespeare's early comedies, C.L. Barber's pioneer analysis in Shakespeare's Festive Comedy (Princetion, 1959) attracted attention to Nashe's only play. Performed before the Archbishop of Canterbury and his entourage at Croydon Castle in 1592, Summer's Last Will and Testament is an innovative blend of allegorical pageant, satire, farce, and morality play. Nashe of course is better known for the racy, pungent style of his prose works, The Unfortunate Traveller (1594) and Pierce Penniless (1592). This modern-spelling edition provides a fresh collation of all eighteen extant copies of the copy-text, the 1600 quarto, as well as an historical collation. In addition, it provides a full critical introduction, glosses, and explanatory notes. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, with Kpk1 blank. In the present copy, leaf F1 is signed F, leaves F2-4 are signed D2-4 and leaf B3 is signed; leaves C3.4 are cancelled as usual. In some copies, the spelling of Burre's first name in the imprint has been corrected by pushing the first five letters of the line one space to the left and inserting the letter 'l.' It is here in its uncorrected state.
The "Summers" of the title is Will Sommers, the jester of Henry VIII to whom there are numerous references in English literature. This is the only unaided play by Nash and appears to have been written for private performance before Archbishop Whitgift at Croydon in the fall of 1592. Greg 173; Pforzheimer 765; STC 18376.