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Published in 1993: The first modern scholarly edition of the
author's play, not published until 1778. Sebastian reclaims his
betrothed from Antonio; the Duchess avenges herself on the Duke for
making her drink from her father; and Abberzanes and Francesca have
an illicite affair. The witches are credible forces of evil.
Published in 1993: The first modern scholarly edition of the
author's play, not published until 1778. Sebastian reclaims his
betrothed from Antonio; the Duchess avenges herself on the Duke for
making her drink from her father; and Abberzanes and Francesca have
an illicite affair. The witches are credible forces of evil.
Originally published in 1929, this book presents a critical edition
of A Game at Chesse, by the Jacobean dramatist Thomas Middleton. A
detailed introduction, editorial notes and appendices are included,
in addition to the complete text of the play. Illustrative figures
are also incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to
anyone with an interest in Jacobean theatre and literary criticism.
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price A
delightfully lewd city comedy written in 1613 by the co-author of
The Changeling. Thomas Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside is an
intricately plotted play about unscrupulous people in search of
wealth, marriage, or sex - and sometimes all three. Unpublished
until 1630 and long-neglected afterwards, it is now considered
among the best and most characteristic Jacobean comedies. This
edition of the play in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series is
edited and introduced by Emma French.
"The next good mood I find my father in, I'll get him quite
discarded" With these chillingly offhand words, Beatrice-Joanna,
the spoilt daughter of a powerful nobleman, plots to get rid of the
family servant who has crossed her once too often. The Changeling's
vivid tale of sexual appetite, repulsion, betrayal and lunacy
remains one of the most compelling tragedies of the 17th century.
Exposing the vexed relationship between servants and masters,
setting notions of `change' against the revelation of psychological
'secrets' as ways of explaining human behaviour, and exploring the
idea of love as a `tame madness', the play reveals the terrifying
consequences of ungoverned sexual appetite and betrayal. Featuring
the full and modernized play text, this revised edition includes
incisive commentary notes which explain the nuances of the play's
vibrant, colloquial language and demonstrate its sly delight in the
characters' conscious and unconscious wordplay. Michael Neill's
illuminating introduction provides a firm grounding in the play's
socio-political context, demonstrates how careful close-reading can
expand your enjoyment of the play, explains the play's violent
linkage of comic and tragic plots and gives theatrical life to the
text via a discussion of its stage history, with a particular
emphasis on the most interesting recent productions. The New
Mermaids plays offer: * Modernized versions of the play text edited
to the highest textual standards * Fully annotated student editions
with obscure words explained and critical, contextual and staging
insight provided on each page * Full Introductions analyzing
context, themes, author background and stage history
A hilarious city comedy by the authors of A Mad World, My Masters
and The Shoemaker's Holiday. Sebastian has a problem. He's in love
with a girl but his father won't agree to their marriage. In
desperation he turns to the one person who can help him, the
fearless and feisty 'roaring girl' Moll Cutpurse. In a London
fuelled by greed and desire, the charismatic, cross-dressing
heroine Moll has the world wrapped around her little finger, and
she has a plan. Cutting a joyously independent path through the
underhand scheming and petty vendettas of the London underworld,
Moll proves more than a match for any man. This Prompt Book edition
of The Roaring Girl was published alongside the Royal Shakespeare
Company's revival of the play in 2014, and features the text edited
for the RSC production, and introductions by key members of its
creative team.
Thomas Middleton (1580-1627), a bricklayer's son, rose to become
one of the most eminent playwrights of the Jacobean period. Along
with Ben Johnson he helped shape the dynamic course of drama in
Renaissance England. His range is broad, as his work successfully
covers comedy, tragedy, and history. Praised during his life as
well as today, Middleton remains relevant and influential. The
Changeling (1630) was composed with the aid of Middleton's friend
William Rowley, also an established playwright. The drama tells of
the destructive powers of vice and lust. Beatrice-Joanna is a young
woman betrothed to Alonzo de Piracquo, yet Beatrice-Joanna is truly
in love with another-the nobleman Alsemero. Beatrice-Joanna uses
manipulative and violent means to rid herself of her suitor
Alsemero. The ensuing drama results in a catastrophic tragedy,
leaving only a few to contemplate justice and passion. The
characters, style, and action of The Changeling effortlessly come
together, making it one of the greatest tragedies of its time.
This Norton Critical Edition of Thomas Middleton and Thomas
Dekker's The Roaring Girl is based on the text from English
Renaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology. It is accompanied by
generous explanatory annotations, five illustrations, and a
detailed introduction. "Contexts" is thematically arranged to
include almost all known documents from the period concerning Mary
Frith (aka Moll Cutpurse), among them records of her court
appearances, letters recounting the same, and her last will. Also
reprinted are significant passages from her purported 1662
"autobiography," The Life and Death of Mrs. Mary Frith. While of
dubious veracity, the "autobiography" is useful for comparing the
play's portrayal of Moll with later developments in Moll Cutpurse
lore, which the Norton Critical Edition traces through the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Perhaps most engaging for
classroom discussion are substantial excerpts from the 1620
cross-dressing pamphlets-Hic Mulier; or, The Man-Woman and Haec
Vir; or, The Womanish Man-which appear in annotated,
modern-spelling versions. Together they give insight into how
gender-bending trends in clothing, similar to those practiced by
Moll, were understood in the early seventeenth century. A related
passage from A Sermon of Apparel adds another perspective on
cross-dressing practices. Fourteen critical essays chart the
development of scholarly interest in The Roaring Girl, from the
first half of the twentieth century, when the play received only
passing reference, through the work on city comedy in the 1970s and
1980s, to the explosion of analyses in the late 1980s and 1990s,
when the play became a major focus for early modern gender studies.
The more recent critical essays move beyond a strict focus on
gender and cross-dressing to explore The Roaring Girl's depiction
of other aspects of early modern London, including consumer culture
and the contemporary fascination with the language of the criminal
underworld. Contributors include, among others, T. S. Eliot,
Alexander Leggatt, Mary Beth Rose, Jonathan Dollimore, Jean E.
Howard, and Jonathan Gil Harris. A Selected Bibliography is also
included.
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Five Plays (Paperback)
Thomas Middleton; Edited by Bryan Loughrey, Neil Taylor
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This collection of plays shows Middleton experimenting with the classical genres of tragedy and comedy as he develops his own individual dramatic voice. In his early comedies, characterized by an almost Terentian delight in ingenious plotting, love and marriage are merely counters in an elaborate game. But the game is governed by greed, as is the whole world of The Revenger's Tragedy, a Senecan revenge play imbued with biting, almost comical, irony. In his later plays Women Beware Women and The Changeling, Middleton gives the conventionally comic subjects of love and sex profoundly tragic treatment, revealing a world dominated by the corrupting power of lust but subject to the futility of human pretensions.
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