{"product_id":"knight-of-the-burning-pestle-2","title":"Knight of the Burning Pestle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\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\n\u003cp\u003eThe play was first performed at Blackfriars Theatre, London, in 1607.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248676065624,"sku":"9781854596246","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781854596246.jpg?v=1777851027","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/knight-of-the-burning-pestle-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}