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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] Publication. The Staple of News was entered into the Stationers' Register in Feb. 1626, but was not published till five years later.
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
The Staple of News | Folger: Early Modern English Drama. Author (s): Ben Jonson. Written for: Adult Company. Genre: Comedies. First performance: 1626. First printed: 1631. Versions. SHC encoding: XML. EEBO-TCP encoding: XML. Encoding path: Harvard > A04633 > 161-A04633_03 > Staple. Microfilm reel: STC / 1819:12. Bibliography. STC/Wing: STC 14753.5.
The Staple in question is an attempt to set up a news agency at a time when news sheets were the Hot New Thing. It's financially supported by a young man who has come into a large fortune (he hasn't. The messenger turns out to be his not-at-all-dead father in disguise.) and uses it to set his barber up as an "emissary", or reporter.
The Staple of News. In time make good those Outer-works, your Pockets, And take a Garrison in of some two hundred, To beat these Pioneers off, that carry a Mine. Would blow you up, at last. Secure your Casamates, Here Master Picklock, Sir, your Man o' Law, And learn'd Atturny, has sent you a Bag of Munition.
17 de jul. de 2015 · 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....
Part of his late comedies, dubbed by Dryden as his "dotages," "The Staple of News" is a satire on the newspaper and news agency business that was quickly developing at the time. The plot draws on at least five plays by Aristophanes, and tells the story of the plutocratic Lady Pecunia, an array of wooers and jeerers, and a group of women who ...
