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Loading... The Changeling (Revels Student Editions) (edition 1998)by Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, N. W. Bawcutt (Editor)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A changeling is a fickle person, a waverer, a person posing as another person, or an idiot. The Changeling portrays them all. The play interchanges not only characters, but authors, too. Written in 1622 by William Rowley and Thomas Middleton, it is one of the most successful collaborations in the history of the theater. New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes:・ The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standardsテつ・ Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readingsテつ・ Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-playテつ・ Critical, contextual and staging notesテつ・ Photographs of productions where applicableテつ・ A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading.Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike. no reviews | add a review
Is contained inThree Jacobean Tragedies: The White Devil, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Changeling by Thomas Middleton The Anchor anthology of Jacobean drama by Richard C. Harrier (indirect) Has as a student's study guide
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HTML: Considered by critics to be one of the best tragedies of the English Renaissance, The Changeling was written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley and first published in book form in 1653. Beatrice-Joanna is betrothed to Alonzo but in love with Alsemero. She convinces De Flores, who is in love with her, to help her be free of Alonzo - by murdering him. In a comic sub-plot, Alibius' young wife Isabella has two admirers, Franciscus and Antonio, who pretend to be madmen in order to see her. .No library descriptions found. |
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I'm looking forward to seeing "The Changeling" at Stratford (Ontario) this summer [2017]. ( )