The False One by Domenico Lovascio

The False One by Domenico Lovascio

This is the first fully annotated, single-volume critical edition of Fletcher and Massingers The False One, with an introduction that offers new insights on the date and the theatre of the plays first performance, freshly examines its sources and explores the theatrical potential of a play that has hitherto been lost to the dramatic repertory. -- .

''This Revels edition points us to the value of reviving The False One as a staged play, quite possibly in the company of one of Shakespeare’s Roman plays or paired with Massinger’s mesmerizing tour de force, The Roman ActorLovascio’s twin publications of 2022 fill in a lacuna in our awareness of early modern drama centering on the Roman empire. In that sense, Lovascio has demonstrated his own willingness to emulate Curtius, by leaping into the gulf to preserve this vital but long-neglected Roman play.'
Renaissance Quarterly

'…a major contribution to the editorial history of this drama… an impressive feat of scholarship: a comprehensive edition worthy of an excellent, scholarly series. Lovascio’s edition is not only a significant milestone in the editorial history of the play; it reveals The False One as a drama that bristles with humour and spectacle worthy of performance, and offers wonderful insights into collaborative practises during the period and the presentation of Rome on the Jacobean stage.’
Early Modern Literary Studies

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Domenico Lovascio is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Genoa

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ISBN 13	9781526184221
ISBN 10	1526184222
Title	The False One
Author	Domenico Lovascio
Series	The Revels Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Year published	2025-02-25
Number of pages	248
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