Renaissance Drama

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An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments

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This pioneering collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama has now been updated to include more early material, plus Mary Sidney’s <i>The Tragedy of Antony</i>, John Marston’s <i>The Malcontent</i> and Ben Jonson’s <i>Masque of Queens</i>. <ul> <li>Second edition of this pioneering collection of works of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama.</li> <li>Covers the full sweep of dramatic performances, including State progresses and Court masques.</li> <li>Contains material useful for courses on women playwrights or women in Renaissance drama, including Middleton’s <i>Chaste Maid in Cheapside</i>, Webster’s <i>The Duchess of Malfi</i> and Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s <i>The Changeling</i>.</li> <li>Includes plays and pageants not anthologised elsewhere, such as the coronation entries of Elizabeth I and Queen Anne, and Thomas Heywood’s ‘A Woman Killed with Kindness’.</li> <li>For the second edition more early material has been added, such as <i>Noah</i> and <i>The Second Shepherd’s Play</i>.</li> <li>The anthology now also includes Mary Sidney’s <i>The Tragedy of Antony</i>, John Marston’s <i>The Malcontent</i> and Ben Jonson’s <i>The Masque of Queens</i>.</li> </ul>