Parasitaster
Subtitle: or, The fawn
By: John Marston ; edited by David A. Blostein.
Contributors: Blostein, David A.
Series: The Revels plays
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Manchester [Eng.]; Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Other titles: Fawn.
Description: The play tells the story of Duke Hercules, who disguises himself as a flattering courtier, the Fawn, in order to infiltrate the court of Duke Gonzago and observe the behaviour of his son Tiberio, who has been sent to Gonzago as an ambassador. In the process, Hercules observes the lechery of Gonzago's courtiers, who are all embroiled in seedy sexual adventures, and the vanity and stupidity of Gonzago himself, who is a pompous old windbag. At the play's conclusion, Hercules holds a symbolic Court of Cupid, in which all the foolish courtiers are arrested for their crimes against love and good sense.
Notes: Includes index.