Whetstone's play Promos and Cassandra
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Whetstone's play "Promos and Cassandra" is a 16th-century English drama that provided a key narrative source for Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure."
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Promos and Cassandra | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
English Renaissance drama
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play ⓘ |
| author | George Whetstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cinthio's Hecatommithi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Sir Christopher Hatton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | prose and verse mixed ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Andrugio
NERFINISHED
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Cassandra NERFINISHED ⓘ Julietta NERFINISHED ⓘ Promos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Richard Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasMoralConclusion | explicit didactic ending ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Right Excellent and Famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra, Part I
NERFINISHED
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The Right Excellent and Famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Measure for Measure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeSourceFor | Measure for Measure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a primary narrative source for Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
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early English adaptation of an Italian novella by Cinthio ⓘ |
| plotElement |
a bed-trick
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a deputy enforcing strict morality laws ⓘ a last-minute reprieve from execution ⓘ a woman pleading for her condemned brother ⓘ abuse of judicial authority ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1578 ⓘ |
| setting | the city of Julio in Hungary ⓘ |
| sharesPlotMotifsWith | Measure for Measure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | two-part play ⓘ |
| theme |
chastity
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corruption in governance ⓘ justice ⓘ law and equity ⓘ mercy ⓘ sexual coercion ⓘ |
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