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Description:Uncle Maroje, a sparkling 16th century comedy, by Marin Držić (1508—l567), also called “Croatia’s Shakespeare,” is one of the most loved and produced plays in Croatia and its neighboring countries.This provocative play is a high-spirited and picturesque painting of life in Renaissance Dubrovnik. It is a story of an old grumpy and stingy father, Uncle Maroje, from Dubrovnik who, having given a large sum of money to his son to buy fabric in Rome, discovers the young man is spending it on the most expensive courtesan in the city. To save his money Uncle Maroje runs to Rome and does all he can to find his rogue son and get his money back.Držić created a rich gallery of character types and comic situations, and in doing so he has left us a precious artistic record of Dubrovnik and its people at that time, creating at the same tiem a rich tableau of Renaissance life.Držić wrote this play, a whole century earlier than Moliere, and a half-century before Shakespeare wrote brilliant comedies on themes and motifs which later are found in The Miser and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.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 Uncle Maroje. To get started finding Uncle Maroje, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Uncle Maroje, a sparkling 16th century comedy, by Marin Držić (1508—l567), also called “Croatia’s Shakespeare,” is one of the most loved and produced plays in Croatia and its neighboring countries.This provocative play is a high-spirited and picturesque painting of life in Renaissance Dubrovnik. It is a story of an old grumpy and stingy father, Uncle Maroje, from Dubrovnik who, having given a large sum of money to his son to buy fabric in Rome, discovers the young man is spending it on the most expensive courtesan in the city. To save his money Uncle Maroje runs to Rome and does all he can to find his rogue son and get his money back.Držić created a rich gallery of character types and comic situations, and in doing so he has left us a precious artistic record of Dubrovnik and its people at that time, creating at the same tiem a rich tableau of Renaissance life.Držić wrote this play, a whole century earlier than Moliere, and a half-century before Shakespeare wrote brilliant comedies on themes and motifs which later are found in The Miser and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.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 Uncle Maroje. To get started finding Uncle Maroje, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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