1st Edition
The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe, Volume I The Early Plays
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
General introduction by Stephen Bernard and Michael Caines
Nicholas Rowe: A Chronology by Stephen Bernard and Michael Caines
A note on the editorial policy for the edition by Stephen Bernard
Introduction to The Ambitious Step-mother, Tamerlane, and The Fair Penitent by Rebecca Bullard and John McTague
Publication history and textual note to The Ambitious Step-mother, Tamerlane, and The Fair Penitent
The Ambitious Step-Mother edited by Rebecca Bullard
Tamerlane edited by John McTague
The Fair Penitent edited by Rebecca Bullard
Appendix A: Dedication to Edward, 7th Earl of Warwick and 4th Earl of Holland (1714) edited by John McTague
Appendix B: Sir Samuel Garth’s prologue to Tamerlane edited by John McTague
Appendix C: The performance history of the early plays by Rebecca Bullard and John McTague
Appendix D: A note on the music to Rowe’s plays; the music to Tamerlane and The Fair Penitent edited by Joe Lockwood
Textual apparatus of the early period plays by Rebecca Bullard and John McTague
Biography
Stephen Bernard, Rebecca Bullard, John McTague
"[T]he quality of the editorial work is uniformly excellent. The edition also includes a range of appendices containing a wealth of supplementary material including performance listings, prologues and epilogues, and, notably, all extant vocal music for Rowe’s dramas. The scores, beautifully edited by Joe Lockwood, are a significant contribution to our understanding of Rowe’s plays as the importance of music in Restoration and early eighteenth-century drama is often overlooked."
"...the very real contribution of this edition… illuminates Rowe’s literary career and, for the first time, establishes a scholarly text of his works."
- Jean L. Marsden, Review of English Studies
