The Knight Of The Burning Pestle

let Him Kill A Lion With A Pestle, Husband; Let Him Kill A Lion With A Pestle.'so Exclaims The Grocers Wife Who, With Her Husband And Servants, Is Attending One Of The Londons Elite Playhouses Where A Theatre Comany Has Just Begun To Perform. Peeved At The Fact That All The Plays They See Are Satires On The Lives And Values Of Londons Citizenry, The Grocer And His Wife Interrupt And Demand A Play That Instead Contains Chivalric Quests And Courtly Love. Whats More, They Nominate Their Apprentice Rafe To Take On The Heros Role Of The Knight In This Entirely Play.the Author, Francis Beaumont, Ends Up Not Just Satirising The Grocers' Naive Taste For Romance But Parodying His Own Example Of Citizen Comedy.