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The City Madam

The City Madam

Philip Massinger
3.7/5 ( ratings)
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A waspish city comedy, critiquing Caroline London, "The City Madam" reworks Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" as a city comedy to attack the vices of hypocrisy, greed, self-indulgence and social pretension that destroy communality. As the citizen Sir John Frugal and his daughters' spurned suitors return disguised as Amerindians, Massinger contrasts their feigned godlessness with the failure of Christian charity in 1630s London. The play was revived for a staged reading at Shakespeare's Globe in June 1995.
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Routledge
Release
May 01, 2005
ISBN
0878301941
ISBN 13
9780878301942

The City Madam

Philip Massinger
3.7/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
A waspish city comedy, critiquing Caroline London, "The City Madam" reworks Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" as a city comedy to attack the vices of hypocrisy, greed, self-indulgence and social pretension that destroy communality. As the citizen Sir John Frugal and his daughters' spurned suitors return disguised as Amerindians, Massinger contrasts their feigned godlessness with the failure of Christian charity in 1630s London. The play was revived for a staged reading at Shakespeare's Globe in June 1995.
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Routledge
Release
May 01, 2005
ISBN
0878301941
ISBN 13
9780878301942

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