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== Probable Genre(s) ==
== Probable Genre(s) ==
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:{{Play/Probable Genres}} according to [[Works Cited|Harbage]] and [[Works Cited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'' #559]]
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== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues ==
== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues ==
 
: Ovid tells the story of Perseus and Andromeda in the ''Metamorphoses.'' Prominent episodes include Perseus's killing of Medusa and his rescue of Andromeda from the rock where she was tied, awaiting death by the sea monster.
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== References to the Play ==
== References to the Play ==


None known.
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== Critical Commentary ==
== Critical Commentary ==


:Information welcome.


== For What It's Worth ==
== For What It's Worth ==


:This story cannot be dramatized without a prop representing Medusa's head and winged shoes for Perseus's feet. [[category:Props]][[category:Costumes]]<br>


== Works Cited ==
== Works Cited ==
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Historical Records

Government Documents

Accounts of the Office of the Revels



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Theatrical Provenance

Probable Genre(s)

Classical according to Harbage and Wiggins, Catalogue #559


Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Ovid tells the story of Perseus and Andromeda in the Metamorphoses. Prominent episodes include Perseus's killing of Medusa and his rescue of Andromeda from the rock where she was tied, awaiting death by the sea monster.


References to the Play

None known.

Critical Commentary

Information welcome.

For What It's Worth

This story cannot be dramatized without a prop representing Medusa's head and winged shoes for Perseus's feet.

Works Cited

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