The Isle of Dogs

The Isle of Dogs is a play by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson which was performed in 1597. It was immediately suppressed, and no copy of it is known to exist. The play was performed, probably by Pembroke's Men, at the Swan Theatre in Bankside in July or August, 1597. A satirical comedy, it was reported to the authorities as a "lewd plaie" full of seditious and "slanderous matter". While existing records do not indicate what gave offence, a reference ... more

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