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en-wikipedia-org-5042		The Knight of the Burning Pestle - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2930	323	79	Title page from a 1635 edition of The Knight of the Burning Pestle. The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play in five acts by Francis Beaumont, first performed at Blackfriars Theatre in 1607[1][2][3] and published in a quarto in 1613.[4] It is the earliest whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. In addition to the textual history testifying to a Blackfriars origin, there are multiple references within the text to Marston, to the actors as children (notably from the Citizen's Wife, who seems to recognise the actors from their school), and other indications that the performance took place in a house known for biting satire and sexual double entendre. This meta-plot is intercut with the main plot of the interrupted play, 'The London Merchant', where Jasper Merrythought, the merchant's apprentice, is in love with his master's daughter, Luce, and must elope with her to save her from marriage to Humphrey, a City man of fashion.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5042.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5042.txt