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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:play
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gptkbp:adaptations
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Various stage adaptations
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gptkbp:audience
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Cult following
Revived in modern theatre
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Francis_Beaumont
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gptkbp:characteristics
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Social commentary
Audience participation
Humor and satire
Breaking the fourth wall
Parody of chivalric tales
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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Mixed reviews at premiere
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Influenced later comedies
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gptkbp:famous_for
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Meta-theatrical elements
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gptkbp:first_performance
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1607
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:comedy
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Early 17th century England
Transition from Elizabethan to Jacobean theatre
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Knight of the Burning Pestle
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gptkbp:influence
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Theatrical tradition
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Jacobean_theatre
gptkb:Elizabethan_theatre
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gptkbp:inspired_by
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Chivalric romances
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:notable_characters
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gptkb:merchants
gptkb:Ralph
gptkb:The_Boy
gptkb:Mr._Merrythought
The Citizen
Pestle
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" A pestle for a sword!"
" I will be a knight!"
" What a brave knight I shall be!"
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gptkbp:original_language
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English
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gptkbp:performance
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Performed in various theaters
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gptkbp:performance_style
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Physical comedy
Comedic timing
Improvisational elements
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gptkbp:premiere_date
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1607
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gptkbp:published_in
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1613
1625
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gptkbp:related_works
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gptkb:The_Alchemist
gptkb:The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
gptkb:The_Roaring_Girl
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gptkbp:scholarly_analysis
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Analyzed for its humor
Considered a precursor to modern comedy
Examined for its meta-theatricality
Studied for its social critique
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:London
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:social_class
Role of the audience
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gptkbp:type
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satirical comedy
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_Fletcher
gptkb:Rose_Theatre
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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