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Joseph Eldredge

1676 · A Play in Verse

A Town of James

Jamestown, on the eve of Bacon's Rebellion.

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A Town of James transports the reader to Jamestown on the cusp of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. Against this fervid backdrop, two brothers, twins separated at birth and both named James, stumble toward each other. Joseph Eldredge revives the age-old twin comedy in poetic drama, bringing to life the free beauty of 17th-century English, with annotations, for an immersive experience of history and dream.

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