The False One: By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781526184221)

Advertised in its Prologue as a prequel to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, Fletcher and Massinger's The False One is the first literary work completely to revolve around the affair between Caesar and Cleopatra. In its deployment of their liaison as a venue for the exploration and criticism of contemporary political manoeuvring and its high-spirited and pungent appropriation of Roman history, the play proves to be one of the most compelling Jacobean dramatizations of the classical past.

This Revels Plays edition offers the first fully annotated, single-volume critical edition of The False One, with a thorough introduction that provides new insights on the date and the theatre of the play's first performance, examines the playwrights' reworking of their sources and explores the theatrical potential of a play that has hitherto regrettably been lost to the dramatic repertory.

Author: Domenico Lovascio
ISBN-10: 1526184222
ISBN-13: 9781526184221
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2025
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d