Whetstone's play Promos and Cassandra
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Whetstone's play "Promos and Cassandra" is a 16th-century English drama that provided a key narrative source for Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure."
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| Whetstone's play Promos and Cassandra canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Whetstone's play Promos and Cassandra Context triple: [Measure for Measure, influencedBy, Whetstone's play Promos and Cassandra]
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Shakespeare; or, the Poet
"Shakespeare; or, the Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines William Shakespeare’s genius and significance as the archetypal poet, included as one of the portraits in his collection "Representative Men."
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B.
The Revengers' Comedies (screenplay adaptation)
The Revengers' Comedies (screenplay adaptation) is a film script by Frank Cottrell-Boyce based on Alan Ayckbourn’s darkly comic stage play about intertwined schemes of revenge and romantic entanglements.
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We Happy Few (play)
We Happy Few is a stage play by Imogen Stubbs that follows an all-female touring theatre troupe in World War II Britain, exploring themes of art, resilience, and gender.
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The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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The Play
The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Whetstone's play Promos and Cassandra Target entity description: Whetstone's play "Promos and Cassandra" is a 16th-century English drama that provided a key narrative source for Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure."
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A.
Shakespeare; or, the Poet
"Shakespeare; or, the Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines William Shakespeare’s genius and significance as the archetypal poet, included as one of the portraits in his collection "Representative Men."
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B.
The Revengers' Comedies (screenplay adaptation)
The Revengers' Comedies (screenplay adaptation) is a film script by Frank Cottrell-Boyce based on Alan Ayckbourn’s darkly comic stage play about intertwined schemes of revenge and romantic entanglements.
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C.
We Happy Few (play)
We Happy Few is a stage play by Imogen Stubbs that follows an all-female touring theatre troupe in World War II Britain, exploring themes of art, resilience, and gender.
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D.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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E.
The Play
The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English Renaissance drama
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play ⓘ |
| author | George Whetstone ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cinthio's Hecatommithi ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Sir Christopher Hatton
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linked to:
Christopher Hatton
|
| dramaticForm | prose and verse mixed ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Andrugio
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Cassandra ⓘ Julietta ⓘ Promos ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Richard Jones ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasMoralConclusion | explicit didactic ending ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Right Excellent and Famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra, Part I
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The Right Excellent and Famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra, Part II ⓘ |
| influenced | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Measure for Measure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Elizabethan era
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linked to:
English Renaissance
|
| narrativeSourceFor | Measure for Measure ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a primary narrative source for Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
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early English adaptation of an Italian novella by Cinthio ⓘ |
| plotElement |
a bed-trick
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a deputy enforcing strict morality laws ⓘ a last-minute reprieve from execution ⓘ a woman pleading for her condemned brother ⓘ abuse of judicial authority ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1578 ⓘ |
| setting | the city of Julio in Hungary ⓘ |
| sharesPlotMotifsWith | Measure for Measure ⓘ |
| structure | two-part play ⓘ |
| theme |
chastity
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corruption in governance ⓘ justice ⓘ law and equity ⓘ mercy ⓘ sexual coercion ⓘ |
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