The Admiral's <i>Vayvode</i> of 1598

Authors

  • Misha Teramura Harvard University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12745/et.18.1.1168

Keywords:

Admiral's Men, lost plays, John Hunyadi, Turks, Henry Chettle, 1598, Ottoman empire

Abstract

This essay proposes that the subject of the lost play Vayvode, performed by the Admiral’s Men in 1598, may have been John Hunyadi, a fifteenth-century Hungarian military commander celebrated as a bulwark of Christian Europe against the Ottoman threat. It considers which historical sources would have been available to the playwright, the popularity of Hunyadi in the sixteenth century, and the theatrical contexts of the 1590s, as well as some alternative possibilities for the hero of the Admiral’s play.

Author Biography

Misha Teramura, Harvard University

Misha Teramura (teramura@fas.harvard.edu) is a doctoral candidate in the English department at Harvard University. His work has appeared in Shakespeare Quarterly and the collection Lost Plays in Shakespeare’s England.

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Published

2015-06-30

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Articles

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