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issytriestoread's review against another edition
3.0
crazy ass play. presents gender as an unfixed, and unstable, category. and has the first instance of female crossdressing I've come across in a Renaissance play where no one (not even the audience) knows it's occurring. ideas about 'foreignness' and travel are interesting through the lens of Renaissance expansionism, exploration, and cultural cross-pollination. could be taken to consider the rise of print culture and its proliferation throughout Renaissance culture. solid play.
gillothen's review against another edition
4.0
Read as part of the Shakespeare Institute "Extra Mile" online readathon in the lockdown summer of 2020
Beaumont and Fletcher in all probability, and part of the repertoire of the King's Men (Shakespeare's company) at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatre around 1609. A bonkers play with lots of the classic period tropes - angry father, maligned, innocent princess, girl disguised as a boy. A rather splendid Spaniard prince who is creepy as heck, and a number of people stirring the plot and spreading nasty rumours. Good fun to read, with some entertaining bits that would work really well on stage.
Beaumont and Fletcher in all probability, and part of the repertoire of the King's Men (Shakespeare's company) at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatre around 1609. A bonkers play with lots of the classic period tropes - angry father, maligned, innocent princess, girl disguised as a boy. A rather splendid Spaniard prince who is creepy as heck, and a number of people stirring the plot and spreading nasty rumours. Good fun to read, with some entertaining bits that would work really well on stage.
elizaamber's review
3.0
dissappointed after the island princess and the tamer tamed but still v obsessed with fletcher
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