Chaucer, Medieval Drama and a Newly Discovered Seventeenth-Century Play: The Survival of Medieval Stereotypes?

Author / Editor
Baldwin, Elizabeth.

Title
Chaucer, Medieval Drama and a Newly Discovered Seventeenth-Century Play: The Survival of Medieval Stereotypes?

Published
Wim Hüsken and Konrad Schoell, eds. Farce and Farcical Elements (Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2002), pp. 85-105.

Series
Ludus: Medieval and Early Renaissance Theatre and Drama, no. 6.

Description
Argues that a seventeenth-century play, "The Wisest Have Their Fools About Them," may reflect the influence of Chaucerian fabliau and some late-medieval stage traditions. Baldwin's analysis focuses on stereotypical characters.

Contributor
Hüsken, Wim, ed.
Schoell, Konrad, ed.

Alternative Title
Farce and Farcical Elements.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.