The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama

by Simon Barker (Editor), Hilary Hinds (Editor)

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This anthology offers a full introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political context, along with newly edited and thoroughly annotated texts of the following plays:* The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)* Arden of Faversham (Anon.)* Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)* A Woman Killed with Kindness (Thomas Heywood)* The Tragedy of Mariam (Elizabeth Cary)* The Masque of Blackness (Ben Jonson)* The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Francis Beaumont)* Epicoene, or the Silent Woman (Ben Jo… (more)

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This anthology offers a full introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political context, along with newly edited and thoroughly annotated texts of the following plays:* The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)* Arden of Faversham (Anon.)* Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)* A Woman Killed with Kindness (Thomas Heywood)* The Tragedy of Mariam (Elizabeth Cary)* The Masque of Blackness (Ben Jonson)* The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Francis Beaumont)* Epicoene, or the Silent Woman (Ben Jo

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Contents:
The Spanish tragedy / Thomas Kyd --
Arden of Faversham / Anon. --
Edward II / Christopher Marlowe --
A woman killed with kindness / Thomas Heywood --
The tragedy of Mariam, the fair queen of Jewry / Elizabeth Cary --
The masque of blackness / Ben Jonson --
The knight of the burning pestle / Francis Beaumont --
Epicoene, or, The silent woman / Ben Jonson --
The roaring girl / Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker --
The changeling / Thomas Middleton and William Rowley --
'Tis pity she's a whore / John Ford.

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