Bookholder Nicholas Bracewell, fresh from his triumph holding together his volatile players' company during a treasonous plot against Queen Elizabeth, is set to make the galleries of The Queen's Head ring with laughter with a new comedy, The Merry Devils. The lugubrious landlord is sure mischief will result. Nicholas sees only a harmless comedy that will not summon up real devils, but two actors adept at tumbling. How then, during the crucial scene, do three devils appear on stage, one looking disturbingly real? And what of ...
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Bookholder Nicholas Bracewell, fresh from his triumph holding together his volatile players' company during a treasonous plot against Queen Elizabeth, is set to make the galleries of The Queen's Head ring with laughter with a new comedy, The Merry Devils. The lugubrious landlord is sure mischief will result. Nicholas sees only a harmless comedy that will not summon up real devils, but two actors adept at tumbling. How then, during the crucial scene, do three devils appear on stage, one looking disturbingly real? And what of the deviltry that follow? One imp, in fact, soon lies dead beneath the stage... The author's knowledge of Elizabethan stagecraft and his deep affection for the period show in every word. Originally published in the U.S. in 1989 by St. Martin's Press, The Merry Devils is the second Nicholas Bracewell Elizabethan mystery following The Queen's Head.
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Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. A very crisp and clean first Corgi edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! 237 very clean, unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! "The first performance of 'The Merry Devils' at their inn yard theatre by Lord Westfield's Men gives the actors quite a shock. Instead of two devils appearing during a crucial scene, three enter----and the third looks disconcertingly like the real thing! "