Geographical accuracy, or at least consistency, is clearly not one of Dekker’s main concerns. Though ostensibly set in Milan, this “City Comedy” imports many English characters (George, Roger, Mistress Fingerlock), English jokes and slang, English locations (Bethlehem), English customs (the apprentices, “clubs”, the clothing fashions), and even references to English theatre (Comedy of Errors, implications of Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet). Given the fact that the play is clearly about
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Setting of "The Honest Whore"
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