Double Falsehood: Third Series (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series)

Synopsis

A Play Performed At The Theatre Royal In London In 1727 Which The Producer, Lewis Theobald, Claimed To Have Adapted From A Shakespeare Play. The Plot Is A Version Of The Story Of Cardenio Found In Cervantes' Don Quixote As Translated By Thomas Shelton And Published In 1612. Documentary Records List A Play By William Shakespeare And John Fletcher Performed In 1613, Probably Entitled The History Of Cardenio. Is This The Missing Play Or A Literary Fraud? List Of Illustrations -- General Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Double Falsehood, Or, The Distressed Lovers -- App. 1. Lewis Theobald And Alexander Pope -- App. 2. 'piddling Tibbald' And Theobald's Name -- App. 3. 'none But Itself Can Be Its Parallel' -- App. 4. Scene Plan For Double Falsehood -- App. 5. Music In Double Falsehood -- App. 6. Don Quixote : Excerpts From Thomas Shelton's Translation -- Abbreviations And References -- Index Edited By Brean Hammond. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.