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(New page: Category:Film and Media ''For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).'' '''''A Mad World, My Masters''''' is a Jacobean stage play written by Thomas...) |
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| writer = Thomas Middleton | |||
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| setting = Jacobean Stage Play | |||
| premiere = October 4 1608 | |||
| place = Salisbury Court Theatre | |||
| orig_lang = English | |||
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| subject = Satirical | |||
| genre = City Comedy | |||
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Middleton likely drew upon a wide range of contemporary literature for the play's plot and atmosphere, including a chapbook titled ''The Merry Conceited Jests of George Peele'' that was registered in 1605. The play is generally considered one of the best of the satirical city comedies that Middleton wrote in the early 1600s, along with ''A Trick to Catch the Old One.'' It has been praised for having "the most skillfully constructed plot" of any of the playwright's London comedies, and also for its liveliness and its "details of local color."<ref>Logan and Smith, p. 63.</ref> | Middleton likely drew upon a wide range of contemporary literature for the play's plot and atmosphere, including a chapbook titled ''The Merry Conceited Jests of George Peele'' that was registered in 1605. The play is generally considered one of the best of the satirical city comedies that Middleton wrote in the early 1600s, along with ''A Trick to Catch the Old One.'' It has been praised for having "the most skillfully constructed plot" of any of the playwright's London comedies, and also for its liveliness and its "details of local color."<ref>Logan and Smith, p. 63.</ref> | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Richard Follywit is the nephew of an old rich knight called Sir Bounteous Progress. With the help of his friends Mawworm, a lieutenant, and Hoboy, an ancient, the young Follywit manages to gull his uncle in a series of typical cony-catching tricks. To begin with, he dresses up as Lord Overmuch and is invited by his uncle to have dinner and spend the night in his house. During that night, they bind Sir Bounteous with ropes and pretend they have been the victims of robbers, who stole Overmuch's money and a precious jewel. Bounteous offers them to compensate for their loss. | Richard Follywit is the nephew of an old rich knight called Sir Bounteous Progress. With the help of his friends Mawworm, a lieutenant, and Hoboy, an ancient, the young Follywit manages to gull his uncle in a series of typical cony-catching tricks. To begin with, he dresses up as Lord Overmuch and is invited by his uncle to have dinner and spend the night in his house. During that night, they bind Sir Bounteous with ropes and pretend they have been the victims of robbers, who stole Overmuch's money and a precious jewel. Bounteous offers them to compensate for their loss. | ||
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The play also features a sub-plot with a jealous citizen called Harebrain, who tries to make sure his wife will never deceive him. In order to do so, he asks none other than the courtesan to teach her faithfulness! But instead of obeying her husband, Mistress Harebrain disguises herself as a [[succubus]] to torment him. | The play also features a sub-plot with a jealous citizen called Harebrain, who tries to make sure his wife will never deceive him. In order to do so, he asks none other than the courtesan to teach her faithfulness! But instead of obeying her husband, Mistress Harebrain disguises herself as a [[succubus]] to torment him. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
* '''Sir Bounteous Progress''', an old rich country knight | |||
* '''Gunwater''', steward to Sir Bounteous | |||
* '''Richard Follywit''', grandson to Sir Bounteous | |||
* '''Lieutenant Mawworm''' & '''Ancient Hoboy''', Follywit's cohorts | |||
* Another cohort disguised as a '''Footman''' | |||
* Other Comrades to Follywit | |||
* Master Shortrod Harebrain, a jealous husband | |||
* Wife to Master Harebrain | |||
* Rafe, servant to Master Harebrain | |||
* Master Penitent Brothel, in love with Harebrain's Wife | |||
* Jasper, servant to Master Penitent | |||
* Courtesan, Frank Gullman, mistress to Sir Bounteous, bawd to Master Penitent | |||
* Mother to the Courtesan, an old gentlewoman, bawd to her daughter | |||
* Man, servant to the Courtesan | |||
* Master Inesse & Master Possibility, two eldest brothers and heirs, suitors to the Courtesan | |||
* Two Knights, visitors to Sir Bounteous | |||
* Constable | |||
* Two or three Watchmen, hired by Master Harebrain | |||
* Servants to Sir Bounteous | |||
* Neighbours to Sir Bounteous | |||
* Succubus, a devil in the likeness of Harebrain's Wife | |||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
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::Who lives by cunning, mark it, his fate’s cast; | ::Who lives by cunning, mark it, his fate’s cast; | ||
::When he has gulled all, then is himself the last. | ::When he has gulled all, then is himself the last. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | |||
==External | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mad_World,_My_Masters The original source of this article at Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mad_World,_My_Masters The original source of this article at Wikipedia] | ||
* [http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/eprosed/eprosed-idx?coll=eprosed;idno=P1.0172 The play text online] | |||
* [http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/eprosed/eprosed-idx?coll=eprosed;idno=P1.0172 The play text online | |||