English drama, 1580-1642 / selected and edited by C.F. Tucker Brooke and Nathaniel Burton Paradise
1933, First Edition. Boston : D.C. Heath & Co. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Previous owner's signature. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445818
Physical description: viii, 1044 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents: The arraignment of Paris ; The old wives tale / George Peele -- Endymion / John Lyly -- Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay / Robert Greene -- The Spanish tragedy / Thomas Kyd -- Tamburlaine, part 1 ; Doctor Faustus ; The Jew of Malta ; Edward II / Christopher Marlowe -- The shoemakers' holiday / Thomas Dekker -- A woman killed with kindness / Thomas Heywood -- Bussy d'Ambois / George Chapman -- The malcontent / John Marston -- Eastward ho! / Chapman, Jonson, Marston -- Every man in his humour ; Volpone, or The fox ; Epicoene, or The silent woman ; The alchemist ; The gipsies metamorphosed / Ben Jonson -- The Duchess of Malfi / John Webster -- The knight of the burning pestle / Beaumont (and Fletcher?) -- Philaster ; The maid's tragedy / Beaumont and Fletcher -- The island princess / John Fletcher -- Beggars' Bush / Fletcher and Massinger -- A new way to pay old debts / Philip Massinger -- The changeling / Middleton and Rowley -- A game at chess / Thomas Middleton -- The broken heart / John Ford -- The Cardinal / James Shirley. Subjects: English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600. English drama 17th century.
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