Mother Bombie is unique among Lyly's comedies in its urban setting
and focus upon middle and lower class concerns. The play turns on
the tissue of misconceptions surrounding the efforts of four
fathers to secure socially advantageous marriages for their heirs,
and the determination of their young servants to exploit their
masters' misguided aspirations for their own advantage. A
theatrical success in its own day, the play is of particular
interest to twenty-first century criticism for its focus upon those
situated on the margins of the social group, notably Mother Bombie
herself, thought by some to be a witch, and the two simpletons
whose marital prospects lie at the heart of the action. This fully
annotated, modern-spelling edition of the play, now available in
paperback, is re-edited from the earliest witnesses; the quartos of
1594 and 1598, and incorporates the songs first published by Blount
in his collected edition of Lyly's works in 1632 -- .
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