Women beware women; (The Fountainwell drama texts, 11) - Hardcover

Middleton, Thomas

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9780050018156: Women beware women; (The Fountainwell drama texts, 11)

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ISBN 10: 0050018159 ISBN 13: 9780050018156

Publisher: Oliver & Boyd, 1969

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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
� Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings
� Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play
� Critical, contextual and staging notes
� Photographs of productions where applicable
� 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.

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About the Author

J.R. Mulryne is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Warwick

Review

Thomas Middleton's Jacobean drama spreads like a web around the the black- widow figure of Livia... it is clear that Livia's deviousness is a profoundly cynical response to the hipocrisy of a society in which women are powerless and men do as they please.' Sarah Hemming, Financial Times, 29.04.10 'Thomas Middleton's 17th- century study of self- survival and the destruction of innocence' Clare Allfree, Metro (London), 29.04.10 'A sardonic masterwork that admits one to the world of fuliginous cruelty.' Michael Billington, Guardian, 29.04.10 'Dark, decadent and immensely stylish, Women Beware Women makes you laugh even as you shiver.' Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 29.04.10 'A fiercely felt, finely wrought, seldom-seen play by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries.' Susannah Clapp, Obcerver, 02.05.10

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