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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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

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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