The Twice-Chang'd Friar - (Malone Society) by Siobhan Keenan (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>The Twice Chang'd Friar</i> is a manuscript comedy based on a tale from Boccaccio's <i>Decameron</i>. Thought to be written by amateur playwright John Newdigate III, the play tells the story of friar Albert and his seduction of a Venetian merchant's wife by posing as the God Cupid. When discovered, Albert seeks to escape disguised under a bear's skin.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>The Twice-Chang'd Friar</i> is one of four early seventeenth-century plays preserved in a manuscript miscellany in the library of the Newdigate family of Arbury Hall, Nuneaton (Arbury Hall MS A414). The play, which appears to have been written by family member and drama lover John Newdigate III, is thought to be unique to this manuscript. This edition makes the play available in print for the first time. <p/><i>The Twice Chang'd Friar</i> is an Italianate city comedy based on a tale from Boccaccio's <i>Decameron</i>. It tells the story of Albert, a friar who seduces Lisetta, a beautiful Venetian merchant's wife by persuading her that he is the incarnation of Cupid. Albert's plot is eventually uncovered by Lisetta's brothers, whom he escapes by disguising himself in a bear's skin. The play is a fascinating example of an amateur manuscript drama, of interest to all scholars and students of early modern drama.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br>Siobhan Keenan is Professor of English at de Montfort University, Leicester<br>
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