Campaspe
Alternative title(s): Alexander and Campaspe [ contemporary reference] | Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes [ from 1584 quarto title page]
Date of composition:
- 1583
Date of first performance: 1583 approx.
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
- 1584 quarto Dawson, Thomas Cadman, Thomas Printed title: Campaspe single-play print
- 1584 quarto Dawson, Thomas Cadman, Thomas Printed title: Campaspe single-play print
- 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
- STC/WING:
- ESTC:
- DEEP:
- Greg:
- Wiggins:
Early Performances
- Company: The Earl of Oxford’s Boys Venue: the Blackfriars Date: 1583-84
Cast:
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:
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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