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- Title
The 'Comedy of a Duke of Ferrara' in 1598.
- Authors
STEGGLE, MATTHEW
- Abstract
The 'Comedy of a Duke of Ferrara' is a title of convenience for a lost play associated with the Englische Komödianten in Germany in 1604. It appears to be linked to an extant German play, Tiberius und Annabella, and therefore to John Marston's The Fawn. This essay discusses a hitherto unnoted reference to the play in English print. The allusion acts as an anchor for all the other records and has implications, not just for the 'Comedy of a Duke of Ferrara', but also for Tiberius und Annabella, The Fawn, and -- arguably -- Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.
- Subjects
MARSTON, John, ca. 1575-1634; DRAMATISTS; MEASURE for Measure (Play : Shakespeare); SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616
- Publication
Early Theatre, 2016, Vol 19, Issue 2, p139
- ISSN
1206-9078
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.12745/et.19.2.2818