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- Title
When Lord Cobham and Edmund Tilney 'were att odds': Oldcastle, Falstaff, and the Date of 1 Henry IV.
- Authors
Fehrenbach, Robert J.
- Abstract
Discusses the reason behind English dramatist William Shakespeare's revision of the name Sir John Oldcastle to Falstaff in his 'Henry IV' plays in the late 16th century. Theory that Shakespeare's Oldcastle offended the Elizabethan Cobham family; Probable date of the first court performance of the play '1 Henry IV.'
- Subjects
FALSTAFF, John, Sir (Fictional character); ENGLISH historical drama; EARLY modern English drama; ELIZABETHAN (Literary period); 17TH century (Literary period)
- Publication
Shakespeare Studies (Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corporation), 1986, Vol 18, p87
- ISSN
0582-9399
- Publication type
Literary Criticism