Two decades after its authorship, Philip Massinger used A Trick to Catch the Old One as a model for his most popular play, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, premiered in 1626 and published in 1633. (ed.) Pour calculer l'évaluation globale en nombre d'étoiles et la répartition en pourcentage par étoile, nous n'utilisons pas une moyenne simple. The boy-actors who, circa 1605, first performed Thomas Middleton’s A Trick to Catch the Old One would surely have delighted in the amount of crotch-thrusting that occurs in the first half of Jenny Eastop’s current production at the Rose Theatre, Bankside, drawing our attention to the obsolete significance of words which we may have been in danger of thinking innocent – like ‘do’. Merci d’essayer à nouveau. As another jest, Lancelot pretends to be a poor man from the country; he tells Dampit that he has lost all of his land to a usurering villain who has cheated him out of his family home. A mad world, my masters. He heaps abuse on her and refuses to retire until she brings him a glass of beer. Witgood's creditors confront Witgood to collect on their debts. The 'Widow' agrees to the plan. He asks the Host to pose as the 'Widow's' servingman while they are in London. The Courtesan enters the tavern with Witgood and the Host. Witgood enters. Sélectionnez la section dans laquelle vous souhaitez faire votre recherche. Vous écoutez un extrait de l'édition audio Audible. Hoard says that he will meet the 'Widow' at the tavern, whisk her away under Witgood's nose, and take her to Coal Harbor that night to marry her. Sam tells Moneylove that he plans to challenge him to a duel in a month's time. He feels that his chances of marrying her are good because her only suitor is the profligate rascal, Witgood, nephew of Hoard's greatest enemy. BARBER Along with the falconer, huntsman, perfumer, and tailor, he has a functional use befitting his name. 2011. Lucre reveals that he is Witgood's uncle, and assures the 'servingman' that the rumours are false. The play was entered into the Stationers Register on 7 October 1607 by the printer George Eld, and published by him in quarto in the following year, 1608. They take the 'Widow' away to get married. Witgood persuades a former mistress to masquerade as a rich country widow and his new fiancée. He says that he would be genuinely pleased to see her snag a profitable marriage to Hoard. The Courtesan sends the Host back to her lodging to fetch a ring, which she says she forgot. Dampit greets Witgood and rhapsodises about his rise to wealth, repeatedly referring himself as "a great trampler of time": "Thus was poor Harry Dampit made rich by others' laziness, who, though they would not follow their own suits, I made 'em follow me with their purses." Witgood enters, laughing because he has overheard Hoard's plan. He also announces that he and Joyce are now man and wife. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. He also says he has heard a rumour that a rich Widow has come to town. Theodorus Witgood, a ruined gentleman, enters and tells how, after foolishly wasting away all his money on brothels and drunkenness in the city, he has lost all of his lands to his uncle, Pecunius Lucre a usurer. Witgood says he is pleased to make Dampit and Gulf's acquaintance once again. ], 1608. Après avoir consulté un produit, regardez ici pour revenir simplement sur les pages qui vous intéressent. She allows herself to be spirited away by Hoard, with Lucre in hot pursuit. She tells him that she doesn't have any money or property at all. Gulf says that Dampit's current suffering is the price he must pay for a lifetime of usury and cheating. Sarah Fallon in A TRICK TO CATCH THE OLD ONE. EMBED. Conversely, rival suitors for the "rich widow" arise, including Walkadine Hoard. Filmed at the Levi Fox Hall, King… Lucre scolds Witgood for not telling him about his engagement. Hoard has invited Lucre to his wedding dinner to rub his enemy's nose in his good fortune. 1608. The play was popular; a second quarto was issued in the same year, printed by Eld for the bookseller Henry Rocket. Witgood lays out a plan to get his lands back from his uncle. A Trick to Catch the Old One (c.1605) revolves around Theodorus Witgood, a Leicestershire prodigal who has mortgaged his lands to his uncle Lucre, a greedy London merchant. Des tiers approuvés ont également recours à ces outils dans le cadre de notre affichage de publicités. Assuming that she is only testing him, Hoard says that he has more than enough money of his own—he only wants to marry her for love. Nous utilisons des cookies et des outils similaires pour faciliter vos achats, fournir nos services, pour comprendre comment les clients utilisent nos services afin de pouvoir apporter des améliorations, et pour présenter des publicités, y compris des publicités basées sur les centres d’intérêt. Hoard thanks Spitchcock and Lamprey for helping him court the 'Widow'. Excerpt from Edward's Boys' production of Thomas Middleton's A Trick to Catch the Old One, directed by Perry Mills. Gloating over his good luck, Hoard anticipates the pleasure of rubbing his enemy's nose in his new fortune. Dampit begins to curse him as soon as he is gone. What ensues is a comedy of intrigue filled with wit and bawdy. Hoard enters with his friends, Lamprey and Spitchcock, and the Host (who is posing as the 'Widow's' servingman). Complete summary of Thomas Middleton's A Trick to Catch the Old One. 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