The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama - 9780415187336

Taylor & Francis

This anthology offers an introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political contexts, along with newly edited texts of ten plays and a masque. > \nThis 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:\n* The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)\n* Arden of Faversham (Anon.)\n* Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)\n* A Woman Killed with Kindness (Thomas Heywood)\n* The Tragedy of Mariam (Elizabeth Cary)\n* The Masque of Blackness (Ben Jonson)\n* The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Francis Beaumont)\n* Epicoene, or the Silent Woman (Ben Jonson)\n* The Roaring Girl (Thomas Middleton & Thomas Dekker)\n* The Changeling (Thomas Middleton & William Rowley)\n* 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (John Ford).\nEach play is prefaced by an introductory headnote discussing the thematic focus of the play and its textual history, and is cross-referenced to other plays.