John S. Farmer (1854–1916)
Autore di Slang and its analogues
Sull'Autore
Nota di disambiguazione:
(eng) The plays, the books on spiritualism, the American slang, the British regiments, all the same author/editor.
Opere di John S. Farmer
Vocabula amatoria: a French-English glossary of words, phrases, and allusions occurring in the works of Rabelais,… (1966) 10 copie
The Regimental Records of the British Army : A historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns,… (1984) 9 copie
A Dictionary Of Slang And Colloquial English: Abridged From The Work Entitled Slang And Its Analogues (1921) (2008) 4 copie
Early English Dramatists: Five Anonymous Plays, Fourth Series: Comprising Appius (1966) — A cura di — 3 copie
A knack to know an honest man. 1596 — A cura di — 3 copie
A Dictionary of Slang Vol 2 L-Z 3 copie
Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present, Vol. 6: A Dictionary Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of… (2016) 2 copie
Six anonymous plays. Second series, comprising: Jacob and Esau; Youth; Albion, knight; Misogonus; Godly Queen Hester;… (2012) 2 copie
The Public School Word-Book: A Contribution to a Historical Glossary of Words Phrases and Turns of Expression Obsolete… (2015) 1 copia
Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present, Vol. 4: A Dictionary Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of… (2015) 1 copia
The Pilgrimage to Parnassus ; The Return from Parnassus, part I — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 1 copia
Slang and its analogues / J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley ; with an introd. by Theodore M. Bernstein 1 copia
Slang and its analogues past and present. A dictionary, historical and comparative of the heterodox speech of all… (2012) 1 copia
The Pedlar's Prophecy — A cura di — 1 copia
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present, Vol. 5: A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of… (2016) 1 copia
Tom Tyler and his wife 1 copia
The correspondence of John Stephen Farmer and W.E. Henley on their slang dictionary, 1890-1904 (2003) 1 copia
Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present, Vol. 3: A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative, of the Heterodox Speech of… (2016) 1 copia
Opere correlate
The London Prodigall. : As it was plaide by the Kings Maiesties seruants — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 4 copie
The life and death of Jack Straw, 1594 (Malone Society) (2007) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 4 copie
Swetnam the woman-hater, arraigned by women, a new comedie [in reply to The arraignment of lewd women.]. Reprod. in… (2010) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 4 copie
Early English Dramatists: The Dramatic Writings of Richard Edwards, Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, comprising… — A cura di — 2 copie
The Dramatic Writings of Nicholas Udall (Early English Dramatists, 1506-1556) (1966) — A cura di — 2 copie
The dramatic writings of Richard Wever and Thomas Ingelend — A cura di — 2 copie
The Wars of Cyrus : an early classical narrative drama of the child actors : critical edition with introd. and notes (2010) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 2 copie
Wisdom : or Mind, Will and Understanding. No. 2. The Macro plays — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Farmer, John Stephen
- Data di nascita
- 1854-03-07
- Data di morte
- 1916-01-08
- Sesso
- male
- Nota di disambiguazione
- The plays, the books on spiritualism, the American slang, the British regiments, all the same author/editor.
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- Opere
- 50
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- 28
- Utenti
- 179
- Popolarità
- #120,383
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 24
[A Knack to Know an Honest Man] - Anonymous
Two popular plays from London stage of 1594 both of which have connections to Shakespeare, so much so that there has been much critical study to see if he had a hand in either of them. Neither of them claim much evidence of his genius, but both would seem precursors of plays that have safely been attributed to him.
The famous Victories of Henry the Fifth seems to be a template of Shakespeares Henry V and follows the same broad pattern. The first part describes the young prince Henry as a roustabout in London associating with criminals and committing robberies, with the character of Sir John Oldcastle being an earlier version of Shakespeares Falstaff. The play turns at the death of Henry IV when prince Henry becomes king and accepts his new responsibilities and brings to the kingship his prodigious energies in leading England to its famous victory at Agincourt. The play is fairly pedestrian, but might have owed its success to the part of the clown Derick, which tradition has it, was played by the famous comedian Tarlton. There is some conjecture that Tarlton may have written parts of the play himself, anyway he was such a personality on the Elizabethan stage that he only had to make an appearance and he would cause the audience to laugh. Tarlton died in 1588 and so while the play was entered in the Stationer's Registers in 1594 it is clear that it was written some years earlier: the version I read was in prose rather than blank verse which also points clearly to a play that was probably being staged some ten years earlier.
A Knack to know an Honest Man was also entered in the Stationers Registers in 1594, but the version that has come down to us was probably cobbled together from an actual stage performance. It is not divided into acts and scenes and there are no stage directions, the text is apparently not in a good state with some parts missing. It has a complicated plot, but there is evidence that it may well have been at one time a well produced play that was more popular than most. It is written in blank verse, but is fairly uneven and points to being a collaboration of sorts. The action takes place mostly in Venice where nobles and merchants strive to appease the iron rule of Corrodino the Duke of Venice. The play starts with two members of the nobility Sempronto and Lelio fighting after Lelio accuses Sempronto of seducing his wife. Lelio appears to kill Sempronto and flees the city fearing retribution from the Duke. However Sempronto is nursed back to health by the hermit Philip and takes on a disguise as Penitent Experience. Servio the uncle to Sempronto takes advantage of Leilo's absence to sequester his property while Fortunato the Dukes son, has plans to seduce his daughter Lucida and his friend the senatot Marchetto has eyes on his wife Annetta. Brisheo father to Annetta organises a guard on Leilo's house and Fortunato and Marchetto are beaten off, but Brisheo must now also flee the city. It is the task of Sempronto as Penitent Experience to heal all the wounds and make honest men of the various combatants. It is only the merchant and money lender Servio who is beyond being an honest man. Venice, and a recalcitrant money lender like Servio could have been an inspiration for Shakespeares Merchant of Venice.
Neither of these plays would warrant serious consideration today, but are interesting because both were popular in their time and so 3 star reads.… (altro)