Book
Philaster
- Published
- 1620
- Genre
- Play
- Pages
- 140
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6823632-philaster?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Lexile
- 1060L
Philaster is a tragicomedy by Beaumont and Fletcher which has much in common with Shakespeare's late plays such as The Winter's Tale. Set in a fictionalised Sicily, it has the complex plot of love, disguise and the threat of death much loved by early modern theatre-goers.
Collections
Harvard Classics
Tags
DisguiseHarvard ClassicsRomanceTheater-Plays