This flashcard outlines "Valentinian," a revenge tragedy from the Jacobean era attributed to John Fletcher, based on the history of Valentinian III. It is believed to have been written between 1610–1614 and influenced by Honoré D'Urfé's "L'Astrée."
Diese Karteikarte gibt einen Überblick über "Valentinian", ein Rache-Trauerspiel aus dem jakobinischen Zeitalter, das John Fletcher zugeschrieben wird und auf der Geschichte von Valentinian III basiert. Es wird vermutet, dass es zwischen 1610 und 1614 geschrieben wurde und von "L'Astrée" von Honoré D'Urfé beeinflusst wurde.
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| Back | Valentinian is a Jacobean era stage play, a revenge tragedy written by John Fletcher was that originally published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647. The play dramatizes the story of Valentinian III, one of the last of the Roman Emperors, as recorded by the classical historian Procopius. His assassin is based on Petronius Maximus, Valentinian's successor. Date, source, performance Scholars date the play to the 1610–14 period. As he did with Monsieur Thomas, another play of the same era, Fletcher used the second part of the novel L'Astrée by Honoré D'Urfé, as one of his sources; and Part 2 of Astrée was first published in 1610. The play was performed by the King's Men; the cast list added to the play in the second Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1679 mentions Richard Burbage, Henry Condell, John Lowin, William Ostler, and John Underwood. Since Ostler died in December 1614, Valentinian must have been written and staged between those two dates. |
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