{"product_id":"9781854596246-the-knight-of-the-burning-pestle","title":"The Knight of the Burning Pestle","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books \u003cem\u003eDrama Classics\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrancis Beaumont's \u003cem\u003eThe Knight of the Burning Pestle\u003c\/em\u003e is a five-act satire on chivalric romances, generally considered the earliest whole parody (or pastiche) play in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe play's structure is that of a play within a play. The intended performance of \u003cem\u003eThe London Merchant\u003c\/em\u003e - the tale of an apprentice's efforts to win the hand of his master's daughter - is interrupted by a request from the audience to stage the story of a heroic grocer who kills a lion with a pestle. Rafe is dragged from the audience to play this hero. Both stories get muddled up and the conventions of theatre get thoroughly mauled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe play was first performed at Blackfriars Theatre, London, in 1607.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition in the Nick Hern Books \u003cem\u003eDrama Classics\u003c\/em\u003e series is edited and introduced by Colin Counsell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41610633871457,"sku":"9781854596246","price":4.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28146643.jpg?v=1722351866","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781854596246-the-knight-of-the-burning-pestle","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}