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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2010
As an adjunct to my note in the May 1984 edition of Theatre Survey on the publishing of Robert Hunter's Androboros, I offer the following information concerning the identification of one of the play's characters, “Flip.” Although an apparently subtle reference, it provides clear justification for the numerous scatological references within the script and clarifies one of the more controversial scenes in the play. Moreover, it may indicate an additional impetus for the play's creation.
1 Davis, Peter A., “Determining the Date of Robert Hunter's Androboros,” TS (May 1984), pp. 95–97Google Scholar. See also [Robert Hunter], Androboros: A Bographical [sic] Farce In Three Acts, Viz. The Senate, The Consistory, and The Apotheosis ([New York]: [William Bradford, Printer], [c. 1715]). The only known copy of the play is in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California. All subsequent references to the script are taken from this source.
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10 Ibid., p. 446.
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12 Ibid., pp. 456–57.
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