The Return From Parnassus: Or the Scourge of Simony (Classic Reprint)

A late Elizabethan stage comedy presented in a carefully edited edition for modern readers.

Dive into the world of scholars, poets, and merry mischief in The Return from Parnassus.

This volume presents the play in its early modern English, with a scholarly editor guiding fresh readers through the work’s historical context and textual details. It’s a compact, dramatic tour of university life, theatre, and wit, anchored by a thorough apparatus and audience-friendly layout.

• Full text of the play as printed in the original era.
• Editorial notes and an introduction to the work’s date, sources, and significance.
• Character list and scene-by-scene structure to help navigation.
• Bibliography and contextual material from the edition’s apparatus.

Ideal for students, teachers, and readers of early modern drama seeking a clear, edition-based reading experience.