The Shepherds' Paradise (Malone Society Reprints) by Montagu

ISBN: 0197290353

Author: Montagu, Walter

Condition: new

Product Description Walter Montagu's pastoral The Shepherds' Paradise was performed by an all-woman cast, including the Queen, in January 1633 as part of the Twelfth Night celebrations at the court of Henrietta Maria. This edition is based on one of the manuscript versions in the Folger Shakespeare Library.Editor Sarah Poynting gives an account of the performance and manuscript, and discusses the relationship of the manuscript with the other surviving copies Review `Holdsworth's edition of this rare play is a very scholarly one... presented in the original spelling.' Forum for Modern Language Studies About the Author Sarah Poynting is at Linacre College, Oxford.