Measure for Measure(s): Performance-testing the Adaptation Hypothesis

Bourus, Terri; Taylor, Gary

doi:10.1080/17450918.2013.868508

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“…The hypothesis of an 'original' 1604 Measure for Measure, set in Ferrara and partly recoverable from under the later revisions of the Folio, remains controversial, but it is gaining significant traction both in scholarly work and in theatre productions. 34 Samuel Johnson, in these circumstances, would look for a story of Vincentio, duke of Ferrara, and none has yet been adduced.…”

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The 'Comedy of a Duke of Ferrara' in 1598

Steggle

2016

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The 'Comedy of a Duke of Ferrara' is a title of convenience for a lost play associated with the Englische Kömedianten in Germany in 1604. It appears to be linked to an extant German play, Tiberius und Annabella, and therefore to John Marston's The Fawn. This essay discusses a hitherto unnoted reference to the play in English print. The allusion acts as an anchor for all the other records and has implications, not just for the 'Comedy of a Duke of Ferrara', but also for Tiberius und Annabella, The Fawn, and — arguably — Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.

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