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Paperback Philip Massinger - A New Way to Pay Old Debts: "Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one" Book

ISBN: 1780004680

ISBN13: 9781780004686

A New Way to Pay Old Debts

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A New Way to Pay Old Debts (c. 1625, printed 1633) is an English Renaissance drama, the most popular play by Philip Massinger. Its central chararacter, Sir Giles Over-reach, became one of the more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 4 stars
Funny stuff

This is more in a Jonsonian vein than Shakespearean. I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in Jacobian theater and culture. Because the characters are stock figures, the whole machinery of the debt and marriage systems is made transparent, provided you can see through the jokes. And speaking of jokes, I laughed out loud several times and enjoyed the parodies of some of Shakespeare's famous speeches. Sir Giles...

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