in George a Green, the Pinner of Wakefield — Greene, Robert (?)
Metadata
Play
George a Green, the Pinner of Wakefield
Author
Greene, Robert (?)
Year (catalogued)
1599
First performance
1590
Decade
1590s
Genre
Romance
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Sussex's Men
Speech prefix(es)
Shoomaker. | Shoomak. | Shoom.
Words
234
Characters
1179
Typicality
0.31 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A02070
BritDrama no.
893
Cluster
Cluster 16 — Errand servants & brief parts
Important excerpts
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Full speech
What is that, sir? Well sir, and till then I will not strike thee. Why then I see we shall not fight. Down with your staves, my friends, Down with them. My friend, I see thou art a stranger here, Else wouldst thou not have questioned of the thing. This is the town of merry Bradford, And here hath been a custom kept of old, That none may bear his staff upon his neck, But trail it all along throughout the town, Unless they mean to have about with me. King or Kaisar, none shall pass this way, Except King Edward, No not the stoutest groom that haunts his court: Therefore down with your staves. The way lies before you, go along. What, George a Green, is it you? A plague found you, I think you longed to swinge me well. Come George, we will crush a pot before we partly. Let us hear what it is first. I beseech your majesty reform this Which he hath spoken. Faith I see it is as hard to get water out of a flint, As to get him to have about with me: Therefore I will enter into him for some good cheer: My friend, I see thou art a faint hearted fellow, Thou hast no stomach to fight, Therefore let us go to the Alehouse and drink. Well preached sir Jack, down with your staff.
Plot summary
Plot — George a Green, the Pinner of Wakefield
(helEarlSfKendal, inspired by a prophecy that he and e KinglfiSeets will meet in London and defeat the KingofEngland, musters his troops and communicates with King James. THENMEHIOPOrKShize, of his treason, refuse to victual his army. When Sir Nicholas Maniniering threatens the people of Wakefield, GGrge- aeGreehe tears up his commission and makes him eat the seals. Infuriated, Kendal plans revenge: he and his allies go to Wakefield in disguise, but George impounds their horses. Kendal tries to entice George to: join him in rebellion, insisting that he seeks social justice rather than power. Encouraged by George, he visits a hermit to hear his fortunes; but the hermit is actually George himself in disguise, and the visit a ruse to get Kendal and his henchmen alone. George fights them, takes Kendal prisoner, and hands him over to the authorities. King James brings troops into England, but is distracted by his passion for JARGMANBaHEy, whose husband is away. When she refuses him, he besieges her castle. The aged war veteran Milsgrave, who refuses to hand over the responsibility of arms to his n Gay, arrives and raises the siege. James is taken prisoner, and both he and Kendal are brought before King Edward. Kendal is imprisoned and Edward visits the north to meet George. Willy liberates George’s love, B@HGHS, from Grime her father by visiting her disguised as a woman and swapping clothes with her. The lovers are reunited, leaving Willy still at Grime’s house. However, Bettris will not marry without her father’s consent; and he will not give it because of George’s lowly status. Maid Mafiah is peeved that George's fame exceeds Robin Hood’s. She nags Robin into going to Wakefield to fight George, but neither of them wins. Later, visiting Bradford, they see Kings Edward and James, disguised, trailing their staffs in accordance with local custom to ===== PAGE 110 ===== .- 110 | 893. Géorge-a: Greene avoid a fight with the shoemaker. Outraged by this _ servility, George threatens the travellers, only later ~ learning Edward's true identity. The King forgives him, aot. _ ** agrees to intervene with GME, grants shoemakers the ae - epithet ‘the gentle craft’, and knights Musgrove. Grime . - agrees that George may marry Bettris, in return for consent to marry Willy, whom he still takes for a ; woman: .Willy soon disabuses him. George refuses a .' « ".. knighthood, but is asked to set the terms for King . James’s release: he requires the payment of reparations ” to…