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Bruce Penman

BRUCE PENMAN

  
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Bruce Penman's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Bruce Penman's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Faithful Shepherd, The         Lena         Mandragola, The         Stablemaster, The

Faithful Shepherd, The

Faithful Shepherd, The
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Giovanni Guarini

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Five Italian Renaissance Comedies" published by Penguin Books 1978   978-0140443387

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Lena

Lena
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Lodovico Ariosto

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Five Italian Renaissance Comedies" published by Penguin Books 1978   978-0140443387

Music:
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Mandragola, The

Mandragola, The
When Nicia hears that his wife is to take a lover he insists on checking out his body. He then hides in the bedroom and watches them making love

Notes:
Original Playwright - Niccolo Machiavelli

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Five Italian Renaissance Comedies" published by Penguin Books 1978   978-0140443387

Music:
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Genre:
Translation Gay of interest

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Stablemaster, The

Stablemaster, The
The Count orders his Stablemaster to marry beautiful young woman. The Stablemaster refuses as he prefers men. Various people try to persuade him to marry - except for Ambrogio an old man. The Count insists on the marriage but the Stablemaster still refuses and only goes through with it when the Count threatens to kill him. After the ceremony the Stablemaster lifts the bride's veil to discover it is a handsome young man. The Stablemaster is delighted.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Pietro Aretino

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Five Italian Renaissance Comedies" published by Penguin Books 1978   978-0140443387

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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