#2 The Knight of the Burning Pestle - Francis Beaumont (1st performed 1607)

Mr. Beaumont refused to say cheese


Remember that old Simpsons episode where Bart goes crazy and reads old tyme literature, well that is partly my orientation reference point, besides an authentic interest in the material.

My insane odyssey continues with this not so masterful work by half of a famous duo of the time, the other half was one Fletcher, but i read these plays in the order they appear in the Delphi classics. This is some kind of satirical romp, what i like is the imagining of it being attended to at the time, the first time readers or patrons experience, and as a part of the whole Shakespeare contemporaries line up.