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Description:Formerly attributed to John Still, Gammer Gurton's Needle, written between 1552 and 1563, is now thought to be by William Stevenson, a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge University, where the play was first performed in the 1560s. The play is an extraordinary achievement and – with Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister – one of the first two comedies in the English language. John Gassner calls Gammer Gurton's Needle a lively farce, close to the folk spirit of Elizabethan country life: "It is, indeed, a distinctly folksy play with its village setting, its rustic manners, and its flavorsome dialogue written in fluid rhymed verse." That Gassner also seems to believe the play is "wholesome," means, perhaps, that he has ignored the playwright's central conceit – whereby the play's eponymous needle is functioning as a (quite obvious) euphemism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gammer Gurton's Needle. To get started finding Gammer Gurton's Needle, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Formerly attributed to John Still, Gammer Gurton's Needle, written between 1552 and 1563, is now thought to be by William Stevenson, a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge University, where the play was first performed in the 1560s. The play is an extraordinary achievement and – with Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister – one of the first two comedies in the English language. John Gassner calls Gammer Gurton's Needle a lively farce, close to the folk spirit of Elizabethan country life: "It is, indeed, a distinctly folksy play with its village setting, its rustic manners, and its flavorsome dialogue written in fluid rhymed verse." That Gassner also seems to believe the play is "wholesome," means, perhaps, that he has ignored the playwright's central conceit – whereby the play's eponymous needle is functioning as a (quite obvious) euphemism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gammer Gurton's Needle. To get started finding Gammer Gurton's Needle, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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