Campaspe

Alternative title(s): Alexander and Campaspe [ contemporary reference] | Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes [ from 1584 quarto title page]
Author(s): Lyly, John
Date of composition:
  • 1583
Date of first performance: 1583 approx.
Date of first publication: 1584
Genre (Annals): Classical legend (Comedy)
Genre: comedy [source of genre: Wiggins, vol. 2, p. 322 ] Genre: tragicomedy [source of genre: "tragical comedy" in running titles]

Catalogue references: Wiggins: 746 (Vol. 2)
HIERONIMO/EMOTHE text(s): 1584 quarto transcript
  • 1584 quarto Dawson, Thomas Cadman, Thomas Printed title: A moste excellent Comedie of Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes, single-play print
      ESTC: S122289 17047.5 115 84a
      EEBO-TCP: A06583 - Huntington Library- EEBO record - TCP HTML XML HTML
      Observations: Substantive textual version.
      Transcript: Greg, Walter W., ed. Alexander and Campaspe. By John Lyly. [1584.] [London]: Malone Society, 1933. Malone Society Reprints.
  • 1584 quarto Dawson, Thomas Cadman, Thomas Printed title: Campaspe single-play print
      ESTC: S122515 17048 116 84b
      EEBO-TCP: record - TCP HTML XML
      Observations: second 1584 quarto
  • 1584 quarto Dawson, Thomas Cadman, Thomas Printed title: Campaspe single-play print
      ESTC: S94063 17048a 117 84c
      EEBO-TCP: Dyce Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum - EEBO record - TCP HTML XML
      Observations: third 1584 quarto, lacks everything after gathering E.
  • 1591 quarto Orwin, Thomas Broome, William Printed title: Campaspe single-play print
  • 1632 duodecimo Stansby, William Blount, Edward Printed title: CAMPASPE play in print collection
      ESTC: S108991 ; a later state S108995 17088 5098.02 84e
      EEBO-TCP: Huntington Library - EEBO record for ESTC S108991, record for ESTC S108995 - TCP HTML XML
      Observations: In collection Six Court Comedies (orig. title "SIXE COVRT Comedies". Substantive textual version. Three songs added.

  • STC/WING:
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  • DEEP:
  • Greg:
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Early Performances

  • Company: The Earl of Oxford’s Boys Venue: the Blackfriars Date: 1583-84
    Cast:
      Location: Venue type: commercial theatre
      Note: Indoor “private” theatre
      Information source: Wiggins, Martin. British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 2: 1567-1589. 2012.
    • Company: The Earl of Oxford’s Boys Venue: Whitehall Palace Date: 1584
      Cast:
        Location: Venue type: palace / court
        Note: (Children of the Chapel Royal and of Paul’s)
        Information source: Wiggins, Martin. British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 2: 1567-1589. 2012.

      Modern editions

      • Hunter, George K., ed. Campaspe. Lyly, John. In: Hunter, George K.; Bevington, David, ed. Campaspe. Sappho and Phao. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991, pp. 302-60. The Revels Plays series.
      • Daniel, Carter A., ed. The Plays of John Lyly. Lyly, John. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press / Associated University Presses, 1988.
      • Adams, Joseph Quincy, ed. Chief Pre-Shakespearean Dramas.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924, pp. 609-635. Supposes, pp. 536-67.
      • Bond, R. W., ed. The Complete Works of John Lyly. Lyly, John. Vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902, pp. 302-360.

      Select Bibliography: Translations

      • DE:
        • Lyly, John. Alexander und Campaspe: ein Lustspiel. Tra. Gelbcke, Ferdinand Adolf. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1963.

      Select Bibliography: Criticism

      • Sabatier, Armelle. "Colour as an art of illusion in John Lyly's 'Campaspe' (1584)". EREA. 2015, vol. 2, 12, .
      • Walker, Greg. "Courtship and Counsel: John Lyly's 'Campaspe'". Ed. Hattaway, Michael. A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003, p. 187-194.
      • Egan, Gabriel. "Leashing in the dogs of war: the influence of Lyly's 'Campaspe' on Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well". English Language Notes. 2002, vol. 1, 40, p. 29-41.
      • Tassi, Marguerite A. "'O Fair Face': The Aesthetic of the Portrait Miniature in John Lyly's 'Campaspe'". Discoveries: South-Central Renaissance Conference News and Notes. 2000, vol. 3, 17, p. 1-2, 11-12.
      • Scragg, Leah. "Campaspe' and the Construction of Monarchical Power". Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England: An Annual Gathering of Research, Criticism and Reviews. 1999, 12, p. 59-83.
      • Shulman, Jef. ""Lyly's Use of Aelian in 'Campaspe'". Notes and Queries. 1982, vol. 5, 29, p. 417-418.
      • Dust, Philip. "Love and Empire: A Renaissance and Restoration Dramatic View of Alexander the Great in John Lyly's 'Campaspe' and Nathaniel Lee's 'The Rival Queens'". Archaeological News. 1982, vol. 34, 11, p. 80-84.
      • Truchet, Sybi. "Campaspe': A Brave New World?". Cahiers Elisabethains: Etudes sur la Pre-Renaissance et la Renaissance Anglaises. 1979, 15, p. 17-28.
      • Pincombe, Michael. "Lyly's 'Campaspe' and the Tudor 'Owlglass'". Notes and Queries. 1977, vol. 1, 44, p. 30-32.
      • Westlund, Joseph. "The Theme of Tact in 'Campaspe'". SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900. 1976, vol. 2, 16, p. 213-21.
      • Bevington, David M. "John Lyly and Queen Elizabeth: Royal Flattery in 'Campaspe' and 'Sapho and Phao". Renaissance Papers Durham. 1966, , p. 57-67.
      • Davenport, A. "Notes on Lyly's 'Campaspe' and Shakespeare". Notes and Queries. 1954, vol. 8, 56, p. 19-20.
      • Mathews, Ernst G. "Gil Polo, Desportes, and Lyly's 'Cupid and My Campaspe'". Modern Language Notes. 1941, vol. 8, 56, p. 606-07.
      • Whiting, George W. "Canary Wine and 'Campaspe'". Modern Language Notes. 1930, vol. 3, 45, p. 148-51.

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