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''The Tragical History of Guy Earl of Warwick'' or ''The Tragical History, Admirable Atchievments and Various Events of Guy Earl of Warwick'' is an English history play, with comedy, of the late 16th or early 17th century. The author of ''Tragical History'' is unknown, although Ben Jonson and Thomas Dekker have been proposed. The play is about the adventures of legendary English hero Guy of Warwick in Europe and the Holy Land, and about the relationship between Guy and his wife, Phillis. ''Tragical History'' is notable because one of the characters - Guy's servant and comic sidekick Philip Sparrow - is considered by some scholars to be an early lampoon of William Shakespeare. ==History== The epilogue provides one clue as to authorship: the narrator says, "...For he's but young that writes of this Old Time," and promises better work if the audience will be patient with him. The play was published by Thomas Vere and William Gilbertson in 1661, and the title page states that the play was written by "B.J." Shakespeare scholar Alfred Harbage states that "B.J." was probably given as the author to falsely imply that the author was Ben Jonson, and so make the play easier to sell.〔"Sparrow from Stratford," by Alfred Harbage. In Shakespeare Without Words and Other Essays, by Alfred Harbage. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University of Press, 1972. p. 143.〕 A lost play, "the life and death of Guy of Warwicke" (sic) by Thomas Dekker and John Day was entered in the Stationers' Register in 1620. Based on some stylistic similarities to Dekker's known work, Harbage believes that this play is plausibly, but not definitively, the work of a young Dekker, and that the 1620 play could be a reworking of it.〔"Sparrow from Stratford," by Alfred Harbage. In Shakespeare Without Words and Other Essays, by Alfred Harbage. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University of Press, 1972. pp. 143-149.〕 Based on the structure of the play, topical allusions, and subject matter concerning "Christian piety and the cardinal virtues," Harbage concludes that the play long predates its publication date, and probably dates from around 1592-93.〔"Sparrow from Stratford," by Alfred Harbage. In Shakespeare Without Words and Other Essays, by Alfred Harbage. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University of Press, 1972. pp. 143-151.〕 Katherine Duncan-Jones has noted that there appear to be allusions to the play in Shakespeare's King John, and has concluded that the play must pre-date King John and that it must have been written no later than the mid-1590s.〔"Shakespeare, Guy of Warwick, and Chines of Beef," by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Oxford University, Notes and Queries, Vol. 56, No. 1 (March 2009), 70-72 at 71.〕 John Peachman, in contrast, cautions that there is no definitive date for the play 〔"Ben Jonson's 'Villanous Guy," by John Peachman. Oxford University, Notes and Queries, Vol. 56, No. 4 (December 2009), pp. 570-571.〕 and proposes that it may have been written in the aftermath of the "Isle of Dogs" affair of 1597.〔"Ben Jonson's 'Villanous Guy," by John Peachman. Oxford University, Notes and Queries, Vol. 56, No. 4 (December 2009), pp. 573.〕 Based on changes in style within the play, Peachman suggests that it may be a collaborative work and that the comic scenes revolving around the character Philip Sparrow may, in fact, have been written by Ben Jonson in response to criticism Jonson received from Shakespeare over the Isle of Dogs affair.〔"Ben Jonson's 'Villanous Guy," by John Peachman. Oxford University, Notes and Queries, Vol. 56, No. 4 (December 2009), pp. 570-571. Peachman identifies The Two Gentlemen of Verona as the play in which Shakespeare satirizes Jonson.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Tragical History of Guy Earl of Warwick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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