The Faithful Shepherdess is a Jacobean era stage play, the work that inaugurated the playwriting career of John Fletcher. Though the initial production was a failure with its audience, the printed text that followed proved significant, in that it contained Fletcher's influential definition of tragicomedy. Like many of Fletcher's later tragicomedies, The Faithful Shepherdess deals with the darker side of sexuality and sexual jealousy, albeit within a comic framework.
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The Faithful Shepherdess is a Jacobean era stage play, the work that inaugurated the playwriting career of John Fletcher. Though the initial production was a failure with its audience, the printed text that followed proved significant, in that it contained Fletcher's influential definition of tragicomedy. Like many of Fletcher's later tragicomedies, The Faithful Shepherdess deals with the darker side of sexuality and sexual jealousy, albeit within a comic framework.
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Add this copy of The Faithful Shepherdess to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Auldfarran Books, IOBA rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Decatur, GA, UNITED STATES, published by London: Dent.
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129pp. frontis. t.e.g. green cloth 12mo w/sewn-in marker ribbon: Very Good/no dj [endpp. areage browned; some foxing of title p. & frontispiece; else VG] An attractive little printing of English playwright Fletcher's first play, originally performed in 1608.
Add this copy of Faithful Shepherdess to cart. $101.88, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1980 by Garland Publishing.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 0824044843.
