{"product_id":"9780713644753","title":"Dutch Courtesan","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Mermaids\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDutch Courtesan\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Marston | David Crane\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough it was written shortly before or after Queen Elizabeth's death\u003cbr\u003ein 1603 and performed by the boy company at Blackfriars, this play\u003cbr\u003eforeshadows the light ladies and callous gallants of Restoration\u003cbr\u003ecomedy. Passion is a scourge, love is humiliation, and friends might as\u003cbr\u003ewell be enemies. Freevill discards his concubine Franceschina and, for\u003cbr\u003ea joke, sets his straight-laced friend Malheureux on to her, who falls\u003cbr\u003efor her and promises to carry out her revenge on Freevill by killing\u003cbr\u003ehim. The play in the theatre, which is fully imagined in the\u003cbr\u003eintroduction to this edition, impresses on the audience the\u003cbr\u003espuriousness of rigid moral persuasions, especially when they are tried\u003cbr\u003eby fits of sexual passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 November 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780713644753\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370629922956,"sku":"9780713644753","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780713644753","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}