Eastward Hoe
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- | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''''Eastward Hoe''''' or ''Eastward Ho'', is an early [[Literature in English#Jacobean literature|Jacobean]] era stage play, a [[satire]] and [[city comedy]] written by [[George Chapman]], [[Ben Jonson]], and [[John Marston]], printed in [[1605]]. The play was written in response to ''[[Westward Ho (play)|Westward Ho]],'' an earlier satire by [[Thomas Dekker]] and [[John Webster]]. ''Eastward Ho'' offended [[James I of England|King James I]] with its anti-Scottish comedy, which caused Jonson and Chapman to be arrested for a time, and which made their play one of the famous dramatic scandals of its era. |
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+ | *[[scandalous plays of the English Renaissance]] | ||
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