Whetstone had made out of Cintio's narrative the rude play of Promos and Cassandra; and Shakspeare had borrowed from Whetstone the plot of the noble tragicomedy of Measure for Measure.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Canada in the West has all races, and it was consistent of me to give a Chinaman of noble birth a part to play in the tragicomedy.
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Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009
The almost infinite superiority of Webster to Fletcher as a poet of pure tragedy and a painter of masculine character is in this play as obvious as the inferiority in construction and conduct of romantic story displayed in his attempt at a tragicomedy.
"The Age of Shakespeare"
Algernon Charles Swinburne