Pasquin

by Henry Fielding

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Fielding's play Pasquin (1736), subtitled A Dramatick Satire on the Times, is a famous satirical attack on pantomime, which was then in vogue on the English stage. It is one of a series of dangerously political plays that led directly to the passage of the Licensing Act of 1737. The play is set on a stage during a morning play rehearsal. The actors are actually rehearsing two plays, a comedy and a tragedy, before an overbearing director and some lookers-on.
  • ISBN10 1420914308
  • ISBN13 9781420914306
  • Publish Date 1 January 2004
  • Publish Status Active
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  • Format eBook
  • Language English