APPENDIX C
i. Disguise
(l)The Malcontentis not included in this list although its plot is based completely upon a disguise. In this play the basic disguise is manner (see I, i). Malevole and Celso converse about the former’s loss of his dukedom (213-255). On the entrance of Bilioso, however, “Malevole shifteth his speech,” that is, he adopts his satiric manner. This treatment of disguise is similar to that inThe Revenger’s Tragedy.(m) Time here helps to disguise Thaisa.(n) Lucilius claims to be Brutus, but he is immediately recognized.(o) Ford may have a change of clothing, particularly considering that Falstaff sees him at his house in IV, ii, and Ford visits him again in V, i.
(l)The Malcontentis not included in this list although its plot is based completely upon a disguise. In this play the basic disguise is manner (see I, i). Malevole and Celso converse about the former’s loss of his dukedom (213-255). On the entrance of Bilioso, however, “Malevole shifteth his speech,” that is, he adopts his satiric manner. This treatment of disguise is similar to that inThe Revenger’s Tragedy.
(m) Time here helps to disguise Thaisa.
(n) Lucilius claims to be Brutus, but he is immediately recognized.
(o) Ford may have a change of clothing, particularly considering that Falstaff sees him at his house in IV, ii, and Ford visits him again in V, i.