The Old Wives' Tale (play)
The old Wives Tale, a dramatization by George Peele and printed in 1595, is an exaggerated version of the popular romantic plays favored at the time. Although only the titles of these works have survived, they seem to be unrelated composites of popular romantic motifs of the era. They were full of romantic inventions but devoid of moral content.[1] The play has been criticized as a "confusing jumble of theatrical nonsense".[2]
The old Wives Tale uses the theatrical device of a play within a play which adds to the confusion engendered by its multiple plots.[2]
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- ^ Fowler, Alastair (1991). A History of English Literature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-674-39664-2.
- ^ a b Rockey, Laurlilyn. "JSTOR: Educational Theatre Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Oct., 1970), pp. 268-275". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2009-12-15.