num_pages: 208
description: This play is a celebration of London life and theatre in which Francis Beaumont's comic genius is given free rein. This edition presents an accurate modern-spelling text, with full historical and critical introduction and a detailed commentary. It also places "The Knight" in the contexts of Jacobean comedy and the work of the children's theatrical troupes. An appendix on the songs and a concern for details of production make this edition especially useful to actors and directors, as well as students of Renaissance drama.
language: English
title: The Knight of the Burning Pestle [The Revels Plays]
titlecomplete: The Knight of the Burning Pestle [The Revels Plays]
characters: A Boy that dances and sings, Venturewell, a rich Merchant, Citizen's Wife (Nell), Citizen (George), Tim, a Squire, George Greengoose, butcher, Master Humphrey, a friend to the Merchant, Pompiona, daughter to the King of Moldavia, A Sergeant, William Hammerton, pewterer, Michael "Mick" Merrythought, a second son of Mistress Merrythought, Prologue, An Host, 3rd Captive Knight, Charles Merrythought, Captive Woman, Luce Venturewell, the Merchant's daughter, 1st Captive Knight, Rafe, Jasper Merrythought, his Apprentice, Mistress Merrythought, Jasper's mother, George, a Dwarf, A Barber (Nicholas), 2nd Captive Knight, A Tapster
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Plays, 17th Century, College, Fiction, Read For School, British Literature
ratings_count: 879
publisher: Manchester University Press