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Curtmantle

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  7w, 13m

The stage is William Marshall's mind, as though he were remembering King Henry's life. Though it follows chronologically it is not a chronicle play; its form is one of memory and contemplation. It adds up to no more than a sketch of Henry, whose char…

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 13m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/History

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Summary

The stage is William Marshall's mind, as though he were remembering King Henry's life. Though it follows chronologically it is not a chronicle play; its form is one of memory and contemplation. It adds up to no more than a sketch of Henry, whose character covers a vast field of human nature, as the thirty-five years of his reign contains a concentration of the human condition. Contained in the volume The Plays of Christopher Fry 2

  • Time Period Medieval (6th-14th Century)
  • Setting

    Various simple settings

  • Features Period Costumes

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Christopher Fry

Christopher Fry (1907-2005), born in Bristol, England, was one of the few 20th-century dramatists to write successfully in verse. His first major success was The Lady’s Not for Burning (1949), a wry comedy set in the Middle Ages in which love overcomes prejudice and hypocrisy ...

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