John Lyly

Leah Scragg

This is a photographic facsimile of John Lyly's comedy Gallathea, printed in 1592, taken from the copy in the British Library, with the songs from Lyly's Sixe Court Comedies, printed in 1632, taken from the copy in the Huntington Library, California.

Gallathea, 1592

Euphues & His England

Euphues the Anatomy of Wit

This volume in the Malone Society Reprints series consists of a photofacsimile of the Huntington Library copy of the first edition of Lyly's Sapho and Phao (1584), together with the songs from the first collected edition of Lyly's plays, published by Edward Blount in 1632. The introduction discusses the relationship between the first edition and that represented by the British Library copy (now known, following the work of David Bevington, to be the second), and traces thebibliographical history of the play from its first publication until Blount's edition of 1632. The volume facilitates the study of the relationship between the three quartos, and in particular the priority of that represented by the Huntington Library copy.

Sapho and Phao, 1584

The Anatomy of Wit. Editio Princeps, 1579. Euphues and His England. Editio Princeps, 1580

Euphues

Lyly's most elegantly structured play, newly edited from the quarto of 1601

Love's Metamorphosis

Sapho and Phao:

Was anyone undone by fire, or turned to ashes through desire? Two young trans people find love whilst escaping oppression; a shipwrecked migrant searches for his family; goddesses clash; parents fret; an alchemist brews magic and a teenage Cupid sets hearts on fire - causing chaos and near disaster. And all the while, time is running out! Galatea is an unapologetically queer tale of love, magic, and the importance of welcoming outsiders. Galatea was originally written in the 1580s by John Lyly, William Shakespeare's best-selling but now long-forgotten contemporary, inspiring Shakespeare's comedies from As You Like It to A Midsummer Night's Dream. Performed in front of Queen Elizabeth I over four hundred years ago, this tale of love, joy and the importance of welcoming outsiders is an incredibly resonant story for modern times. Galatea was originally commissioned by Brighton Festival, and adapted by Emma Frankland and Subira Joy, and edited by Andy Kesson. This text features set and costume design sketches by Mydd Pharo, BSL translation support from Duffy, and notes from each contributor on the creation of the piece. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Brighton Festival, in May 2023.

Galatea

Euphues and Lucilla ... [with] Epho︠e︡bus; Or, Instructions for the Education of Youth: with Letters ... on Death, Banishment, and the Vices of Courtiers and Students ... Rev. and Render'd Into Modern Eng

First performed by Paul’s Boys in the 1580s, but of uncertain date, Love’s Metamorphosis is widely regarded as the most elegantly structured of Lyly’s plays. The plot looks back, in part, to the account of Erisichthon’s punishment for the desecration of Ceres’ grove in Ovid’s Metamorphosis, bk.8, but the Ovidian story is woven into a wider network of interests turning upon aspects of love. A series of allusions to earlier Lylian compositions (Sappho and Phao and Galatea) invites the audience to view the play in terms of a continuum of work, exploring the status of Cupid and the nature and extent of his power. The play is notable for the articulate resistance offered by the female characters towards the desires of their lovers and the wishes of authority figures, while Erisichthon’s daughter, Protea, is of particular interest to feminist criticism in that she offers a striking example of a woman empowered rather than marginalized by the loss of her virgin state. Revived towards the close of the sixteenth century, when it was performed by the Children of the Chapel, the play is of importance to theatre historians in that it is the only one of Lyly’s comedies known to have passed from Paul’s to a different troupe. It is newly edited here from the sole early witness, the quarto of 1601.

The Complete Works of John Lyly

Frederick William Fairholt

With Notes and Some Account of His Life and Writings : in Two Volumes

The Dramatic Works

The Complete Works of John Lyly: Euphues and his England ; The plays (Chronological table ; Essay on Lyly as a playwright ; Campaspe ; Sapho and Phao ; Gallathea ; Note on Italian influence) ; Notes (Euphues and his England ; Campaspe ; Sapho and Phao ; Gallathea)

With Life, Bibliography, Essays, Notes, and Index

The Complete Works of John Lyly, Now for the First Time Collected and Edited from the Earliest Quartos

The Dramatic Works of John Lilly, (the Euphuist.): John Lilly and his works. Endimion. Campaspe. Sapho and Phao. Gallathea. Notes

The Complete Works of John Lyly: Euphues and his England. The plays. Notes

The Dramatic Works of John Lilly

The Dramatic Works of John Lilly (the Euphuist): Mydas

The Dramatic Works of John Lilly, (the Euphuist.): Mydas. Mother Bombie. The woman in the moone. Love's metamorphosis. Notes

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