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The Staple of News is an early Caroline era play, a satire by Ben Jonson. The play was first performed in late 1625 by the King's Men at the Blackfriars Theatre , and first published in 1631. [1]
The staple of news by Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637; Kifer, Devra Rowland, 1927-Publication date 1976 Publisher London : E. Arnold Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Includes bibliographical references Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2014-03-25 14:52:40.304509 Bookplateleaf
Published as part of The Works of Benjamin Jonson, the second volume, containing: Bartholomew Fair; The Staple of News; The Devil Is an Ass.
Staple of News, The. A comedy by Ben *Jonson, performed 1626, printed 1631. Pennyboy Junior learns from a beggar, whom he takes on as a servant, that his father has died.
F. Or your own sake, not ours — Mirth. Come Gossip, be not asham'd. The. Play is the Staple of News, and you are the Mistris and. Lady of Tattle; let's ha' your Opinion of it. Do you hear, Gentleman? what are you? Gentleman-Usher to the Play? Pray you help us to some Stools here. Prologue. VVhere? o' the Stage, Ladies? Mirth.
This edition offers a modernized text based on a fresh collation of the 1631-1640 folio, together with an account of the play's printing history, a full commentary which sets Jonson's art in its intellectual and social context, and an introduction which seeks to do justice to the play's broad scope and to suggest something of its theatrical pote...
The Staiple of News: Jonson's Festive Comedy. DEVRA ROWLAND KIFER. Much of the criticism of The Staple of News has been concerned with the presence or absence of unity among the disparate elements of satire, morality, and allegory.
