Campaspe

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Campaspe is a late 16th-century romantic comedy play by John Lyly, notable for its witty dialogue and influence on early Elizabethan drama.

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Campaspe canonical 1

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instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate late 16th century ⓘ
author John Lyly ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticForm prose comedy ⓘ
dramaticType court comedy ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1584 ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue Court of Queen Elizabeth I ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1584 ⓘ
firstPublisher Thomas Cadman ⓘ
genre romantic comedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Alexander the Great ⓘ
Apelles ⓘ
Campaspe (character) ⓘ
Diogenes ⓘ
linked to: Diogenes of Sinope

Hephaestion ⓘ
hasDramatist John Lyly ⓘ
hasTitleVariant A most excellent Comedie of Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes ⓘ
historicalContext reign of Elizabeth I ⓘ
influenced early Shakespearean comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryStyle euphuistic prose ⓘ
mainCharacter Alexander the Great ⓘ
Apelles ⓘ
Campaspe (character) ⓘ
notableFor influence on early Elizabethan drama ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
originalMedium live theatre ⓘ
partOf Elizabethan court drama tradition ⓘ
performedBy Children of the Chapel ⓘ
Paul’s Boys ⓘ
setting ancient Greece ⓘ
court of Alexander the Great ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
theme art and beauty ⓘ
love ⓘ
power and desire ⓘ

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John Lyly → wrote → Campaspe ⓘ