Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10

Chapter 56: THE CHANCES. A COMEDY.

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This collection presents several dramatic works by the collaborative playwrights, pairing stark tragedies with lively comedies. The darker pieces dramatize power, moral corruption, and violent retribution while testing ideals of virtue and honor. The comic plays rely on misadventure, disguise, and witty exchange to generate romantic confusion and social satire. Textual collation and editorial notes accompany the plays, clarifying variant readings and guiding readers through the works' shifts of tone, structure, and theatrical effect.

THE
CHANCES.
A
COMEDY.

Persons Represented in the Play.
Duke of Ferrara.
Petruccio, Governour of Bolognia.
Don John,	two Spanish Gentlemen, and Comerades.
Don Frederick,	two Spanish Gentlemen, and Comerades.
Antonio, an old stout Gentleman, Kinsman to Petruccio.
Three Gentlemen, friends to the Duke.
Two Gentlemen, friends to Petruccio.
Francisco, a Musician, Antonio's Boy.
Peter Vecchio, a Teacher of Latine
and Musick, a reputed Wizard.
Peter and	two Servants to Don John and Frederick.
Anthonie,	two Servants to Don John and Frederick.
A Surgeon.
WOMEN.
Constancia, Sister to Petruccio, and Mistriss to the Duke.
Gentlewoman, Servant to Constancia.
Old Gentlewoman, Landlady to Don John and Frederick.
Constancia, a Whore to old Antonio.
Bawd.

The Scene Bolognia.