Shakespeare 5222 Exam 2 Flashcards
When was
Pericles performed / published?
performed 1607
published in quarto in 1609
Which two plays are Not in the First Folio?
- Pericles and*
- Two Noble Kinsmen*
When did Pericles appear in Folio?
1664 in the 2nd edition of the 3rd Folio
Which plays are Shakespearean Romances?
- Pericles*
- The Winter’s Tale*
- Cymbeline*
- The Tempest*
4 characteristics of Shakespearean Romance
- ) Redemptive plot lines with happy endings
- ) Supernatural, Magic, Unrealistic
- ) Civilized and Pastoral scenes
- ) return to lyrical style
dues ex machina
technique of Greco-Roman drama
god-on-a-stick
tied to the Supernatural and Unrealistic qualities of Romance
What’s the difference between tragicomedy and romance?
- tragicomedies are more realistic
- romances can actually feature death
John Gower
- 1330? - 1408 contemporary of Boccaccio and Chaucer
- source of Pericles storyline
- appears as chorus in Shakespeare’s play Pericles
When was the Winter’s Tale performed and published?
performed: 1611 (based on Forman’s diary)
published: not until the First Folio in 1623
Who is Simon Forman ?
1552-1611 (died same year he saw Winter’s Tale) the wizard/necromancer that wrote about seeing the Winter’s Tale and other plays at the Glob.
David Garrick
1717 - 1779 most important actor of 18th century
started the Shakespeare Jubilee
turned The Winter’s Tale into a 3 act play
adapted other Shakespeare stuff too
Florizel and Perdita
title of Garrick’s adaptation of the Winter’s Tale (1756)
who restored Shakespeare’s version of The Winter’s Tale?
Kemble, another actor and theatre manager guy restored it in 1811 (relatively early compared to other plays)
Montaigne
1533 - 1592
French writer
writes Of Cannibals in 1580
idea of noble savage
John Florio
translates Montaigne’s Of Cannibals
from French to English
1603
Devenant-Dryden
revised The Tempest in 1667 and 1674
operatic / more spectacle
added more women
- Caliban has a sister
- Miranda has a sister
- …and there is a guy on the other side of the island who has never seen a woman before
McCready
1838
Restores Shakespeare’s version of The Tempest
George Wilkins
Wrote the Painful Adventures of Pericles (1608)
probably wrote scenes 1-9 of Pericles
involved with the Gower scenes, including epilogue
Laurence Twine
wrote Pattern of Painefull Adventures (1594)
source for Pericles
main character called Apollonius
The Painful Adventures of Pericles
novel (NOT A PLAY)
by George Wilkins (1608)
plays off of the popularity of the play
Confessio Amantis
or
The Lover’s Confession
by John Gower
source for Pericles
Pandesto
a play by Robert Greene (same Groatsworth guy)
published 1588
plot inspired the Winter’s Tale
darker story: the king falls in love with his daughter, so he kills her and himself
Shakespeare also reverses the kingdoms and adds side characters
When was The Tempest
performed and published?
performed: ?
not published until First Folio (1623)
who was
Edmund Malone
?
1741-1812
edited Pericles in 1780
came up with the accepted scene divisions
