The Beauty and Good Properties of Women

Alternative title(s): Calisto and Melebea | Celestina
Author(s): Rastell, John ?
Note: «Adapt., through Italian intermediary, of part of the Celestina of de Rojas» (Annals). «A partial rendering of «Celestina», attributed to Fernando de Rojas, adapting the first four acts only, with a new conclusion» (Chadwyck-Healey EEBO).
Date of composition:
  • 1527 -1530 (approx.)
Date of first performance: 1527 - 1530 approx.
Date of first publication: 1525 ?
Genre (Annals): Romantic Interlude
Genre: interlude

  • 1525 folio Rastell, John Printed title: A new co[m]modye in englysh in maner of an enterlude ryght elygant [and] full of craft of rethoryk, wherein is shewd [and] dyscrybyd as well the bewte [and] good propertes of women, as theyr vycys [and] euyll co[n]dicio[n]s, with a morall co[n]clusion [and] exhortacyon to vertew single-play print
      ESTC: S119335 20721 11 10a
      EEBO-TCP: A10438 - Bodleian Library. - EEBO record TCP HTML XML
      Observations: Facsimile in Greg, W.W. ed., The Interlude of Calisto and Melebea. From J. Rastell’s undated edition c. 1530. Oxford: Malone Society, 1908. Malone Society Reprints 7.

  • STC/WING: 20721
  • ESTC:
  • DEEP: 11 
  • Greg: 10a
  • Wiggins:

Early Performances

  • Company: Venue: [Rastell’s stage (?)] Date: 1527-1530 approx,
    Cast:
      Location: Venue type:
      Information source: Harbage, Alfred; Schoenbaum, Samuel; Wagonheim, Sylvia Stoler. Annals of English Drama, 975-1700, 3rd edition. 1989.

    Modern editions

    • Axton, Richard, ed. Three Rastell Plays: Four Elements, Calisto and Melebea, Gentleness and Nobility. Totowa: Rowman & Littlefield; D.S. Brewer, 1979.

    Select Bibliography: Criticism

    • Ruiz Moneva, Ma Angeles. "Main Aspects of the Reception and Conveyance of Irony in the Earliest English Versions of Celestina". Celestinesca. 2010, 34, p. 99-144.
    • Devereux, E. J. A Bibliography of John Rastell. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP, 1999.
    • Ruiz Moneva, Ma Ángeles. "Interpersonal Communication And Context Accessibility In The Interpretation Of Ironic Utterances. A Case Study: Rastell's Version Of La Celestina". Revista alicantina de estudios ingleses. 1998, 11, p. 193-216.
    • Coldewey, John C. "Thrice-told Tales: Renegotiating Early English drama". European Medieval Drama. 1997, 1, p. 15-31.
    • Dillon, Janette. "John Rastell's Stage". Medieval English Theatre. 1996, 18, p. 15-45.
    • Geritz, Albert J., and Laine, Amos Lee. John Rastell. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.
    • Navarro García, J. L. "John Rastell y su 'Comedia de Calisto y Melibea'. (John Rastell and 'Calisto and Melibea'". Cauce. 1981, 4, p. 43-75.
    • Geritz, Albert J. "Calisto and Melibea (ca. 1530)". Celestinesca. 1980, vol. 1, 4, p. 17-29.
    • Geritz, Albert John. The Dramas and Prose Works of John Rastell. University of Missouri, 1976.
    • Purcell, H. D. "The Celestina and the Interlude of Calisto and Melibea"". Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 1967, 44, p. 1-15.
    • Pérez Fernández, José María. "[Introduction to] John Rastell, 'A Mew Cp[m]modye …'". Ed. Wilson-Lee, Edward. The EEBO Introduction Series. {Falta nombre ciudad}: ProQuest LLC, {Falta año pub}. URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:screen:intro:99854542

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