Boss of Billingsgate, The

Probable Genre(s)

Neither Harbage nor Wiggins hazards a guess.

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Information welcome.

Critical Commentary

Wiggins points out that the title refers to a fountain. He opines that the narrative could have addressed the origin of the fountain ("as a legacy from Mayor Richard Whittington") or told "a number of interlocking stories" related to the fountain and its geographical location (#1396).

For What It's Worth

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