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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works - Volume 10

Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works - Volume 10

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soul
Thou art an honest man, do you see, he has tears
To lend to him whom prodigal expence
Of sorrow, has made bankrupt of such treasure,
Nay, thou dost well.
Mart. I would it might excuse
The ill I bring along.
Thier. Thou mak'st me smile
I[n] the heighth of my calamities, as if
There could be the addition of an Atome,
To the gyant-body of my miseries.
But try, for I will hear thee, all sit down, 'tis death
To any that shall dare to interrupt him
In look, gesture, or word.
Mart. And such attention
As is due to the last, and the best story
That ever was deliver'd, will become you,
The griev'd Ordella, (for all other titles
But take away from that) having from me
Prompted by your last parting groan, enquir'd,
What drew it from you, and the cause soon learn'd:
For she whom barbarism could deny nothing,
With such prevailing earnestness desir'd it,
'Twas not in me, though it had been my death,
To hide it from her, she I say, in whom
All was, that Athens, Rome, or warlike Sparta,
Have registred for good in their best Women:
But nothing of their ill, knowing her self
Gill 09/03/2020
Read as part of the Shakespeare Institute's "Extra Mile" online readathon in the lockdown summer of 2020.

Wow, what a play. Incest is at the heart of the main plot, which makes it very Jacobean, though the couple involved have never met as adults and turn out (view spoiler)[not to be siblings after all. A real Star (hide spoiler)]
Michael 04/10/2020
This is better than the quarto edition only to the extent that it has an informative introduction that will help you understand this very strange play. It is also a nicely edited text, but I prefer texts to be unedited.
Michael 04/06/2020
This is one weird-ass play, which is another way of saying that it is a sicko Jacobean play that seems headed for a sicko tragic ending until something unsicko happens in the last scene. I find it unsatisfying because the solution almost comes out of nowhere. Everything changes at the end, yet much
Shaun 03/21/2020
Plays like this really show the general goodness of various plays from Shakespeare's contemporaries. A King and No King is a bit difficult of a play to understand at times, especially because the comic subplot is so physical, but overall a very enjoyable play. It deals with vexed philosophical and m
Matt 07/08/2014
Simply excellent. Well-crafted story with a wickedly biting humor. This one's a must-read.
Shiraz 11/25/2012
Tragicomedy - written in a tragic mode with the exception of certain comic characters until the plot is resolved in a mistaken parentage plot. Jacobean Incest!
Alaina 04/21/2010
I found this play very interesting as one of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The plot left me confused as to what was going to happen at times. I definitely had some "huh?" moments while reading. It was a fast read and enjoyable.

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