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The Honest Whore

The Honest Whore

1st Edition

By Thomas Dekker
June 21, 1999

The two plays included in this volume follow the lives of a princess and a whore. Although set in Italy, this passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit savors more of the underworld of Jacobean London with its asylums and prisons, gambling and prostitution....

The Merry Devil of Edmonton

The Merry Devil of Edmonton

1st Edition

By Anonymous, Nicola Bennett
May 22, 2014

The Merry Devil of Edmonton lay unperformed from the early seventeenth century until the 1980s. Dating from around 1604, it was first published in 1608 and was performed at the Globe Theatre by the King's Men. With its scenes of magic, deer poaching, and abduction from a nunnery, The Merry Devil of...

The Devil's Charter

The Devil's Charter

1st Edition

By Barnabe Barnes
June 21, 1999

First Published in 1999. 'Our subject is of blood and tragedy, Murther, foul incest and hypocrisy'. In the sensational history of Borgias, Barnabe Barnes found a theme tailor-made for the dark and lurid imaginings of the Jacobean stage. And then he spiced it up a little. This vigorous play was ...

The Custom of the Country

The Custom of the Country

1st Edition

By John Fletcher
June 21, 1999

Once famed for its obscenity, this vigorous and enjoyable play traces the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land. By turns poignant and risqué, sentimental and satiraical, its beautifully crafted plot embodies the collaborative art of its authors. It was given a staged reading ...

King Leir

King Leir

1st Edition

Edited By Tiffany Stern, Anonymous
December 06, 2012

Performed at the Globe Theater in 1605, King Leir is presumed to be a prime source for Shakespeare. Although the story is the same, in this anonymous version the ending is happy. This is the first time this fascinating work is published in a single-play edition...

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