Campaspe

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Campaspe is a late 16th-century romantic comedy play by John Lyly, notable for its witty dialogue and influence on early Elizabethan drama.

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instanceOf play
stage work
approximateCompositionDate late 16th century
author John Lyly NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
dramaticForm prose comedy
dramaticType court comedy
firstPerformanceDate 1584
firstPerformanceVenue Court of Queen Elizabeth I NERFINISHED
firstPublicationDate 1584
firstPublisher Thomas Cadman NERFINISHED
genre romantic comedy
hasCharacter Alexander the Great NERFINISHED
Apelles NERFINISHED
Campaspe (character) NERFINISHED
Diogenes NERFINISHED
Hephaestion NERFINISHED
hasDramatist John Lyly NERFINISHED
hasTitleVariant A most excellent Comedie of Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes NERFINISHED
historicalContext reign of Elizabeth I
influenced early Shakespearean comedy
language English
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era NERFINISHED
literaryStyle euphuistic prose
mainCharacter Alexander the Great NERFINISHED
Apelles NERFINISHED
Campaspe (character) NERFINISHED
notableFor influence on early Elizabethan drama
witty dialogue
originalMedium live theatre
partOf Elizabethan court drama tradition
performedBy Children of the Chapel NERFINISHED
Paul’s Boys NERFINISHED
setting ancient Greece
court of Alexander the Great NERFINISHED
structure three acts
theme art and beauty
love
power and desire

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John Lyly wrote Campaspe