The Shepherd's Paradise

• Author(s): Walter Montagu,
• Publisher: Malone Society
• Pages: 116
• ISBN_10: 0197290353
  ISBN_13: 9780197290354
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Drama / General , Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / Drama , Science / Life Sciences / Botany ,

Description:... Walter Montagu's pastoral The Shepherds' Paradise was performed by an all-woman cast, including the Queen, in January 1633 as part of the Twelfth Night celebrations at the court of Henrietta Maria. This edition is based on one of the manuscript versions in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Editor Sarah Poynting gives an account of the performance and manuscript, and discusses the relationship of the manuscript with the other surviving copies