| The Assignation | |
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| Written by | John Dryden |
| Date premiered | November 1672 |
| Place premiered | Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Restoration Comedy |
The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery is a Restoration comedy written by John Dryden.[1] The play was first acted late in 1672, by the King's Company at their theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields, but was not a success with its audience.
Apart from the question of the play's quality — many critics have regarded it as a rush job, written mainly in prose with some blank verse — Dryden was suspected of anti-Catholic satire, especially in his choice of a subtitle. This was a sensitive issue at the time, given strong Catholic sympathies among some elements of the royal court — primarily the Duke of York, the future King James II.
The cast of the original production included Michael Mohun as the Duke of Mantua, Edward Kynaston as Prince Frederick, Charles Hart as Aurelian, Joseph Haines as Benito, William Cartwright as Mario, and Nicholas Burt as Camillo. The role of Hyppolita, the nun, was taken by Mary Knep; Rebecca Marshall played Lucretia, Elizabeth James was Sophronia, Elizabeth Boutell was Laura and Elizabeth Cox was Violetta.[2]
Dryden drew plot material from a play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca titled Con quien vengo vengo.[3]
The Assignation was published in quarto in 1673 by Henry Herringman. Dryden dedicated the play to Sir Charles Sedley.[4] The play was republished in 1678 and 1692.
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Transcription
Gregg, what is the worst fraternity on this campus? That would be hard to say, sir. They're each outstanding in their own way. Cut the horse shit, son. I got their disciplinary files right here. Who dumped a whole truckload of Fizzies into the swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode. You're talking about Delta, sir. Of course I'm talking about Delta, you twerp! This year, it's gonna be different. This year, we're going to grab the bull by the balls... and kick those punks off campus. What do you intend to do, sir? Delta's already on probation. They are? <i>Yes, sir.</i> Oh. Then as of this moment, they're on double secret probation. Double secret probation, sir? There is a little-known codicil in the Faber College constitution... which gives the dean unlimited power to preserve order... in time of campus emergency. <i>Find me a way to revoke Delta's charter.</i> You live next door. Put Neidermeyer on it. He's a sneaky little shit, just like you, right? The time has come for someone to put his foot down... and that foot is me.
See also
- The Assignation is also a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
- The Assignation is also a collection of short stories by Joyce Carol Oates (1988) The Ecco Press
References
- ^ George Saintsbury and Sir Walter Scott, eds., The Works of John Dryden, Vol. 4, Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1883; p. 365 and ff.
- ^ Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960. p.200
- ^ James Urvin Rundle, "The Source of Dryden's 'Comic Plot' in The Assignation," Modern Philology, Vol. 45 No. 2 (November 1947), pp. 104-11.
- ^ Steven N. Zwicker, ed., The Cambridge Companion to John Dryden, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004; p. 207.
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