George Peele’s The Old Wives’ Tale: A Retelling

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This is an easy-to-read retelling of George Peele’s THE OLD WIVES’ TALE. It is a play within a play. An old wife tells a fairy tale to visitors. As she tells the tale, the characters come to life and act out the fairy tale.

George Peele was the Elizabethan playwright who wrote these plays:

THE ARRAIGNMENT OF PARIS THE BATTLE OF ALCAZAR DAVID AND BATHSHEBA EDWARD I THE OLD WIVES’ TALE

He also may have co-written TITUS ANDRONICUS with William Shakespeare.

BONUS:

An easy-to-read retelling in modern English of THE JESTS OF GEORGE PEELE by an anonymous author. In Elizabethan England, a jest is a notable deed.

Most of the jests depict M. Peele as dissolute; however, one jest – helping an impoverished friend to get supper – may be considered a good deed.