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Summary. Last Updated September 5, 2023. Francis Beaumont wrote The Knight of the Burning Pestle, which was performed in 1607 in the Blackfriars Theater. Unlike the outdoor theaters...
Oct 3, 2006 · The knight of the burning pestle. by. Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616; Fletcher, John, 1579-1625; Murch, Herbert S. Publication date. 1908. Publisher. New York H. Holt. Collection. robarts; toronto.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle parodies a then popular kind of play—sprawling, episodic, with sentimental lovers and chivalric adventures. It opens with The Citizen and his Wife taking their places on the stage to watch “The London Merchant”—itself a satire on the work of…
"The Knight of the Burning Pestle" is a play written in 1607 by Francis Beaumont, an English playwright during the reign of James I, and a younger contemporary of William Shakespeare. The play is a comedy, and much of its humor is farcical.
The "burning pestle" is, of course, a "burning" phallic image-hence the quibble on the title is "The Syphilitic Knight." The Rafe scenes are ostensibly the company's allowance to George in return for his allowing the play to continue.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play in five acts by Francis Beaumont, first performed at Blackfriars Theatre in 1607 and published in a quarto in 1613. It is the earliest whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. The play is a satire on chivalric romances in general, similar to Don Quixote, and a parody of Thomas Heywood 's The Four ...
by Francis Beaumont. The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play by Francis Beaumont, first performed in 1607 and first published in a quarto in 1613. It is notable as the first whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. The play is a satire on chivalric romances in general, similar to Don Quixote's, and a parody of Thomas Heywood's The Four ...
