What You Will

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"What You Will" is a work associated with John Marston, likely a notable literary piece that contributed to his recognition.

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What You Will canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate around 1601 ⓘ
author John Marston ⓘ
contributedTo reputation of John Marston as a dramatist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticForm five-act play ⓘ
dramaticType comedy of humours ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate early 17th century ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAlternativeClassification city comedy (broadly construed) ⓘ
hasCharacter Albano ⓘ
Holofernes Pippo ⓘ
Laverdure ⓘ
Possibility ⓘ
Quadratus ⓘ
Sordido ⓘ
hasCharacterType braggart soldier ⓘ
courtier ⓘ
parasite ⓘ
satiric wit ⓘ
hasDramatist John Marston ⓘ
hasForm verse and prose mixture ⓘ
hasStyle dense wordplay ⓘ
satiric tone ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
hasTheme courtly manners ⓘ
individual will and desire ⓘ
romantic intrigue ⓘ
satire of social affectation ⓘ
intendedAudience public theatre audiences ⓘ
isContemporaryWith Twelfth Night ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryInfluenceOn later English satiric comedy ⓘ
literaryMovement Jacobean drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
literaryTradition early modern English comedy ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
partOf John Marston’s dramatic canon ⓘ
setting Urbino ⓘ
sharesTitlePhraseWith Twelfth Night, or What You Will ⓘ
linked to: Twelfth Night
subjectOf scholarly analysis in Renaissance drama studies ⓘ

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John Marston → notableWork → What You Will ⓘ
War of the Theatres → mainWork → What You Will ⓘ