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The introduction critiques the truncated early-1590s publication after Marlowe’s death, framing the surviving play as a parody of sensational gore drama. Notes connect passages to editorial scholarship and cite major sources. Context sections outline the Protestant Reformation in France and trace developments leading toward religious war through key figures, bans, and political power shifts.","[ElizabethanDrama.org](ElizabethanDrama.org)  \npresents  \nthe Annotated Popular Edition of  \nTHE MASSACRE AT PARIS  \nby Christopher Marlowe  \nWritten c. 1592 First Published: c. 1594  \nFeaturing complete and easy-to-read annotations.  \nAnnotations and notes © [Copyright Peter Lukacs and ElizabethanDrama.org](Copyright Peter Lukacs and ElizabethanDrama.org), 2020.  \nThis annotated play may be freely copied and distributed.  \n\n| THE MASSACRE AT PARIS\u003Cbr>By Christopher Marlowe\u003Cbr>Written c. 1592 First Published: 1594\u003Cbr>DRAMATIS PERSONAE.\u003Cbr>The French Royal Family: Charles IX, King of France.\u003Cbr>The Duke of Anjou, his brother, afterwards King Henry III.\u003Cbr>Catherine, Queen-Mother of France. Margaret, sister of the king.\u003Cbr>The Brothers Guise:\u003Cbr>Henry, the Duke of Guise, the eldest brother. The Duchess, wife to Guise.\u003Cbr>Maid to the Duchess.\u003Cbr>The Son of Guise.\u003Cbr>Charles, the Duke of Dumaine, the middle brother. Louis, Cardinal of Lorraine, the youngest brother.\u003Cbr>Catholic Nobles of France:\u003Cbr>Gonzago.\u003Cbr>Retes.\u003Cbr>Mountsorrell.\u003Cbr>Protestant Nobles of France:\u003Cbr>Prince of Condé, cousin of the King of Navarre. The Lord High Admiral.\u003Cbr>Minions of Henry III:\u003Cbr>The Duke of Joyeux.\u003Cbr>Epernoun.\u003Cbr>Mugeroun.\u003Cbr>The Royal Family of Navarre:\u003Cbr>The King of Navarre.\u003Cbr>The Old Queen of Navarre.\u003Cbr>Nobles of Navarre:\u003Cbr>Pleshé.\u003Cbr>Bartus.\u003Cbr>Protestant Victims of the Massacre:\u003Cbr>Loreine, a Preacher.\u003Cbr>Seroune.\u003Cbr>Wife to Seroune. | INTRODUCTION to the PLAY\u003Cbr>The Massacre at Paris was originally penned by Christopher Marlowe, but the truncated and mangled version that was published in the early 1590's, after Marlowe had been killed, can hardly be considered representative work. The edition that has been bequeathed tous is essentially a parody of a gore-fest: most of the scenes are brief, and half of them contain at least one murder. With its blood-soaked plot and collection of villains designed to be especially odious to the English-they were French and Catholic-The Massacre at Paris must have been a great treat for its original London audience.\u003Cbr>NOTES on the ANNOTATIONS\u003Cbr>Mention of Dyce, Ribner, and Bennett in the annotations refers to the notes provided by these editors in their respective editions ofour play.\u003Cbr>The information in the italicized annotations (which provide the play's historical context, but which need not be read to follow the play), is adopted, except where otherwise noted, from the scholarly works of Frederic Baumgartner and Robin Briggs (see citations \\#5 and \\#7 below) .\u003Cbr>The most commonly cited sources are listed in the footnotes immediately below. The complete list of footnotes appears at the end of this play.\u003Cbr>1. Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online.\u003Cbr>2. Crystal, David and Ben. Shakespeare's Words. London, New York: Penguin, 2002.\u003Cbr>3. Dyce, Rev. Alexander. The Works of Christopher Marlowe. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1876.\u003Cbr>4. Ribner, Irving. The Complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe. New York: The Odyssey Press, 1963.\u003Cbr>5. Baumgartner, Frederic J. France in the Sixteenth Century. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.\u003Cbr>7. Briggs, Robin. Early Modern France, 1560-1715. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977.\u003Cbr>8. Bennett, H.S. The Jew of Malta and The Massacre at Paris. London: Gordian Press, 1931.\u003Cbr>12. Coble, Hayley. The Massacre at Paris and the Rhetoric of Anglo-French politics in the 1590s. Graduate |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n| Ramus, a Scholar.\u003Cbr>Other Characters:\u003Cbr>Taleus, a Scholar.\u003Cbr>Two Lords of Poland.\u003Cbr>A Cutpurse.\u003Cbr>A Friar.\u003Cbr>Surgeon.\u003Cbr>English Agent.\u003Cbr>Apothecary.\u003Cbr>Captain of the Guard.\u003Cbr>Protestants, Schoolmasters, Soldiers, Murderers, Messengers, Attendants, etc. | Theses and Dissertations. 12299. (2012) . Retrieved 12/15/ 2019: [https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?](https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?)[ ](https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?)[article=3306&context=etd.](article=3306&context=etd.)\u003Cbr>19. Bullen, Arthur H. The Work","cbCaiem1VtIVH0ay","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiem1VtIVH0ay","pdf",1494589,1,76,"English","en",105,"# Introduction to the Play\n## Notes on the Annotations\n## Prelude I: The Protestant Reformation in France\n## Prelude II: The Short Road to Religious War","[{\"question\":\"Why is the annotated edition presented as not fully representative of Marlowe’s original work?\",\"answer\":\"The introduction explains that Marlowe was killed and the version published in the early 1590s was truncated and mangled. 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