page_title: Monsieur D'Olive
hierarchical_section_title: Monsieur D'Olive
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page of Monsieur D'Olive
context_page_description: Monsier D'Olive is an early Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by George Chapman.
  The play was first published in 1606, in a quarto printed by Thomas Creede for the bookseller William Holmes. This was the drama's sole edition before the 19th century. The title page identifies Chapman as the author, and states that the play was performed by the Queen's Revels Children at the Blackfriars Theatre. The play was almost certainly written and debuted onstage in 1605.
  Chapman structured his main plot to express his interest in the Neoplatonist philosophy of Marsilio Ficino. Critics have been divided as to the success of Chapman's effort and the value of the resulting play. 19th-century critics often praised Monsieur D'Olive as one of Chapman's best comedies. 20th-century scholars, beginning with T. M. Parrott, have tended to judge the play more harshly. In some modern judgments, "the play is sterile;" its romance collapses "into mechanical intrigue."
context_section_description: Monsier D'Olive is an early Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by George Chapman.
  The play was first published in 1606, in a quarto printed by Thomas Creede for the bookseller William Holmes. This was the drama's sole edition before the 19th century. The title page identifies Chapman as the author, and states that the play was performed by the Queen's Revels Children at the Blackfriars Theatre. The play was almost certainly written and debuted onstage in 1605.
  Chapman structured his main plot to express his interest in the Neoplatonist philosophy of Marsilio Ficino. Critics have been divided as to the success of Chapman's effort and the value of the resulting play. 19th-century critics often praised Monsieur D'Olive as one of Chapman's best comedies. 20th-century scholars, beginning with T. M. Parrott, have tended to judge the play more harshly. In some modern judgments, "the play is sterile;" its romance collapses "into mechanical intrigue."
caption: Title page of Monsieur D'Olive (1606).
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