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The most Pirandellish thing that ever existed or else a wild farrago of reasonless absurdity: James Agate was unable to decide. But The Knight of The Burning Pestle is both. It is a carnival celebration of London life and London theatre in which Francis Beaumonts comic genius is given free rein. A grocer, his wife and their two apprentices attending the theatre in holiday mood interrupt and finally replace a fatuous love comedy with their own hearts desire: exotic spectacle and sound English sentiment. This edition presents an accurate modern-spelling text, the first since 1908 to offer the reader a full historical and critical introduction and a detailed commentary. The Introduction analyses the character of Beaumonts wit and his unsentimental critique of society and of societys stage image. It locates the symbolic action of the play in the triumph of festival over high art, of audience over professional. In addition, the introduction places The Knight in the contexts of Jacobean comedy and the work of the childrens theatrical troupes. An appendix on the songs and a concern for details of production should make this edition especially useful to actors and directors.About author(s):Sheldon P. Zitner is Professor of English at Trinity College, University of Toronto
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