The Arcadia (play)

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The Arcadia is James Shirley's dramatization of the prose romance The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney, one expression of the enormous influence that Sidney's work exercised during the 17th century. Shirley's stage version was first published in 1640. The 1640 quarto was published by booksellers John Williams and Francis Eglesfield. The title page attributes the play to Shirley, and states that it was acted by "her Majesty's servants" at the Phoenix playhouse which was the Cockpit Theatre. Alfred Harbage has disputed the attribution to Shirley. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString The Arcadia is James Shirley's dramatization of the prose romance The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney, one expression of the enormous influence that Sidney's work exercised during the 17th century. Shirley's stage version was first published in 1640. The 1640 quarto was published by booksellers John Williams and Francis Eglesfield. The title page attributes the play to Shirley, and states that it was acted by "her Majesty's servants" at the Phoenix playhouse which was the Cockpit Theatre. Alfred Harbage has disputed the attribution to Shirley. The play has been characterized as "typical Fletcherian dramatic romance, slight of characterization, improbable of plot, but full of unexpected turns, and pretty sentiment, and poetic charm." Shirley scholars have disagreed on the significance of the play in the dramatist's canon. Schelling considered it an anomaly with no larger impact, while Nason thought that it represented Shirley's "complete acceptance of romanticism."
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