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The Staple of News is an early Caroline era play, a satire by Ben Jonson. The play was first performed in late 1625 by the King's Men at the Blackfriars Theatre , and first published in 1631. [1]
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Polonius's list of hybrid dramatic forms, we might call The Staple of News a topical satire, morality-allegory, satirical- romantic festive comedy.' In this lengthy rubric lies the source. of the play's richness, which is its strength, and the source. of its diffuseness, which is its weakness.
of the plot: The Staple of News, an organization devised to profit on people willing to pay for fabrication and falsification of reality; and the battle for Pecunia, the embodiment of sexuality and wealth.
Part of his late comedies, dubbed by Dryden as his "dotages," "The Staple of News" is a satire on the newspaper and news agency business that was quickly developing at the time. The plot draws...
The Staple of News: Textual Essay. Essay Content: Paginated. All. Joseph Loewenstein. John Waterson claimed the printing rights for The Staple of News by entering it in the Stationers’ Register in April of 1626 ( Arber, 1875-94, 4.156), not long after its ungratefully received first performances early in February of that year.
Play is the Staple of News, and you are the Mistris and Lady of Tattle; let's ha' your Opinion of it. Do you hear, Gentleman? what are you? Gentleman-Usher to the Play? Pray you help us to some Stools here. Prologue. VVhere? o' the Stage, Ladies? Mirth. Yes, o' the Stage; we are Persons of Quality, I assure you, and VVomen of Fashion; and come ...
