{"product_id":"the-dutch-courtesan-john-marston-9780713644753","title":"The Dutch Courtesan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough it was written shortly before or after Queen Elizabeth's death\u003cbr\u003ein 1603 and performed by the boy company at Blackfriars, this play\u003cbr\u003eforeshadows the light ladies and callous gallants of Restoration\u003cbr\u003ecomedy. Passion is a scourge, love is humiliation, and friends might as\u003cbr\u003ewell be enemies. Freevill discards his concubine Franceschina and, for\u003cbr\u003ea joke, sets his straight-laced friend Malheureux on to her, who falls\u003cbr\u003efor her and promises to carry out her revenge on Freevill by killing\u003cbr\u003ehim. The play in the theatre, which is fully imagined in the\u003cbr\u003eintroduction to this edition, impresses on the audience the\u003cbr\u003espuriousness of rigid moral persuasions, especially when they are tried\u003cbr\u003eby fits of sexual passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Marston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0713644753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713644753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 5.03w x 0.44d","brand":"John Marston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120107909375,"sku":"9780713644753","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04e8cb37-f25f-45df-9a01-58d120b8ecdb.jpg?v=1687412593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dutch-courtesan-john-marston-9780713644753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}