02789cam a22003253u 4500 76792 UtSlPG 20260610134758.0 m cr n 260607r20251729utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Johnson, Samuel, 1691-1773 Hurlothrumbo Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurlothrumbo Release date is 2025-09-02 Hannah Wilson, Matthew Everett and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Hurlothrumbo: or, The super-natural" by Samuel Johnson is a satirical play written in the early 18th century. It is a delirious burlesque of gallantry, politics, and metaphysics, told in bombastic speeches, songs, and visions. The story orbits a lovestruck King, the extravagant champion Hurlothrumbo, the steadfast Theorbeo, the scheming Darony and Urlandenny, and the mercurial Lord Flame, as courtly passion collides with rebellion and celestial pageantry. The opening of the play presents mock-heroic dedications and a prologue that exalts unfettered imagination, then plunges into a court where a King pines for the Spanish princess Cademore while conspirators quietly convert their estates into war chests. Visionary “Solitaries” warn of danger; Hurlothrumbo boasts of slaying a lion; and Lord Flame raves in jealous love. As Theorbeo pledges loyalty, Darony and Urlandenny spark a nocturnal uprising, enlist a Dutch general, and seize the city, leading to the King’s imprisonment and Cademore’s distress. Theorbeo engineers the King’s escape by trading clothes, while Dologodelmo laments Hurlothrumbo’s betrayal, and allegorical figures like Genius and Death stalk the battlefield. A forced wedding is disrupted, the King rallies his smaller force in a frenzy of mock-epic imagery, and victory swings his way; the court scenes that follow turn toward petitions and the testing of mercy, setting up the play’s blend of satire, spectacle, and sudden clemency. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: London: Printed for the Author, 1729 English drama -- 18th century https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hurlothrumbo_or_the_Super_natural_An_ext/OHJZAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76792 117517 117517