The Knight of the Burning Pestle

by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont

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'Let him kill a lion with a pestle, husband; let him kill a lion with a pestle.'

So exclaims the Grocer's wife who, with her husband and servants, is attending one of the London's elite playhouses where a theatre comany has just begun to perform. Peeved at the fact that all the plays they see are satires on the lives and values of London's citizenry, the Grocer and his wife interrupt and demand a play that instead contains chivalric quests...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0713650699

ISBN13:9780713650693

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:Methuen Drama

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.48 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"

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Drama History Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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