Manuscript on paper, in single hand, of a fragment of a play, with comic and satirical elements, about the English civil war and the Battle of Edgehill. The play is divided into at least four acts (leaves are missing at the end) and balances two plots; one concerns the tailor Littlewit who joins the Parliamentary army and his shrewish wife, and the other follows the military and political maneuverings of the upper class. Historical characters include John Pym, Denzil Holles, Sir William Strode, Arthur Heselrige, and John Hampden of the House of Commons, Prince Rupert, Lord George Digby, Robert Bertie Earl of Lindsey, Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, Lord Philip Wharton, Hugh Peters ("from New England"), Isaac Penington Lord Mayor of London, and King Charles I.
Description:
Binding: marbled paper wrapper., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Laid in: in back, one sheet of paper, with different watermark, containing various signatures and pen trials., and Several leaves missing at the beginning and the end.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649 and Great Britain--Politics and government--1625-1649
Subject (Name):
Charles--I,--King of England,--1600-1649., Essex, Robert Devereux,--Earl of,--1591-1646., Hampden, John,--1595-1643., Hesilrige, Arthur,--Sir,--d. 1661., Holles, Denzil Holles,--Baron,--1599-1680., Lindsey, Robert Bertie,--Earl of,--1582-1642., Penington, Isaac,--Sir,--1587?-1660., Peters, Hugh,--1598-1660., Pym, John,--1584-1643., Rupert,--Prince, Count Palatine,--1619-1682., Strode, William,--1600 or 1601-1645., and Wharton, Philip Wharton,--Baron,--1613-1696.
Subject (Topic):
English drama--17th century. and Satire, English--17th century.
