Genest
mentions
it as being revived
in 1682.
in 1682.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
Pl.
_, 4th ed.
, 10.
203 f.
).
Fleay, who believes
Drayton to be the author, thinks that the 'Merry devil' of _The
Merchant of Venice_ 2. 3, alludes to this play (_Biog. Chron. _ 1.
151 and 2. 213). There were six editions in the 17th century, all in
quarto--1608, 1612, 1617, 1626, 1631, 1655. Middleton, _The Black
Book_, _Wks. _ 8. 36, alludes to it pleasantly in connection with
_A Woman kill'd with Kindness_.
Genest mentions it as being revived
in 1682. Cf. also _Staple of News_, 1st Int.
=26 If this Play doe not like=, etc. Jonson refers to Dekker's play
of 1612 (see Introduction, p. xxix). On the title-page of this play
we find _If it be not good, The Diuel is in it_. At the head of Act.
1, however, the title reads _If this be not a good play_, etc.
ACT I.
=1. 1. 1 Hoh, hoh=, etc. 'Whalley is right in saying that this is
the conventional way for the devil to make his appearance in the old
morality-plays. Gifford objects on the ground that 'it is not the roar
of terror; but the boisterous expression of sarcastic merriment at the
absurd petition of Pug;' an objection, the truth of which does not
necessarily invalidate Whalley's statement. Jonson of course adapts the
old conventions to his own ends.
Drayton to be the author, thinks that the 'Merry devil' of _The
Merchant of Venice_ 2. 3, alludes to this play (_Biog. Chron. _ 1.
151 and 2. 213). There were six editions in the 17th century, all in
quarto--1608, 1612, 1617, 1626, 1631, 1655. Middleton, _The Black
Book_, _Wks. _ 8. 36, alludes to it pleasantly in connection with
_A Woman kill'd with Kindness_.
Genest mentions it as being revived
in 1682. Cf. also _Staple of News_, 1st Int.
=26 If this Play doe not like=, etc. Jonson refers to Dekker's play
of 1612 (see Introduction, p. xxix). On the title-page of this play
we find _If it be not good, The Diuel is in it_. At the head of Act.
1, however, the title reads _If this be not a good play_, etc.
ACT I.
=1. 1. 1 Hoh, hoh=, etc. 'Whalley is right in saying that this is
the conventional way for the devil to make his appearance in the old
morality-plays. Gifford objects on the ground that 'it is not the roar
of terror; but the boisterous expression of sarcastic merriment at the
absurd petition of Pug;' an objection, the truth of which does not
necessarily invalidate Whalley's statement. Jonson of course adapts the
old conventions to his own ends.
