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Dictionary definition: ‘Parnassus’ Plays
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‘Parnassus’ Plays
Three anonymous satirical plays–
The Pilgrimage to Parnassus
, and
The Return from Parnassus
, Parts I and II–acted at St John's College, Cambridge, probably at Christmas 1598, 1599, and 1601. They are about student life, and contain interesting allusions to Shakespeare and his theatre. A love-sick young courtier quotes part of
Venus and Adonis
and exclaims ‘O sweet Master Shakespeare! I'll have his picture in my study at the Court! … Let this duncified world esteem of Spenser and Chaucer, I'll worship sweet Master Shakespeare, and to honour him will lay his
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