Original id:
8060
Start date:
1 January 1566
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Distant relative
Production notes:
Gascoigne's play draws on Ariosto's Italian play I Suppositi (see ID 8059 for the first performance in 1509), which in turn draws on Plautus and Terence. In 1568 the play was revived at Merton College, Oxford, for an academic audience (see ID 8074).
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English