Polwhele, Elizabeth. “Introduction: A ’Lost’ Play and its Context”. The Frolicks, edited by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, Cornell University Press, 1977, pp. 13 -49.
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Birth | Elizabeth Polwhele | EP
the future dramatist was born—if she was indeed the EP with whom her editors, Judith Milhous
and Robert D. Hume
, identify her. Polwhele, Elizabeth. “Introduction: A ’Lost’ Play and its Context”. The Frolicks, edited by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, Cornell University Press, 1977, pp. 13 -49. 44 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
death | Elizabeth Polwhele | This sermon was written and preached by Samuel Slater
. |
Literary responses | Elizabeth Polwhele | Judith Milhous
calls it a throwback to types of play popular before the Civil War, and remarks on its clanking rhyme,précieux sentiment, and witches reminiscent of Davenant
's adapted Macbeth. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
Textual Features | Elizabeth Polwhele | The Frolicks is low London comedy—lively, realistic, and distinctly bawdy. Polwhele, Elizabeth. “Introduction: A ’Lost’ Play and its Context”. The Frolicks, edited by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, Cornell University Press, 1977, pp. 13 -49. 19 |
Textual Production | Frances Boothby | Editors Judith Milhous
and Robert Hume
think the likeliest date for the play's performance is spring 1669; critic Jane Milling
thinks it could equally well have opened at one end or the other of the... |
Textual Production | Elizabeth Polwhele | EP
wrote her first surviving play, The Faithful Virgins, a rhyming tragedy, which was apparently performed by the Duke's Company
at Lincoln's Inn Fields
. It has been dated June 1663, but editors Milhous |
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