Six Renaissance Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy / The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus / The Revenger's Tragedy / The Duchess of Malfi / The Chngeling / 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Annotation A useful student edition which contains modernized texts of six classic plays and which takes full account of recent scholarship. Detailed introductory and explanatory notes deal with authorship, textual and performance history, sources, obscurities of meaning, unfamiliar allusions and points of theatrical interest

skipping The Works Of Shakespeare And Johnson (which Are Readily Accessible), The Six Plays Discussed Here Have Been Chosen To Represent A Remarkable Flowering Of Tragic Dramatic Writing During One Of The Most Prolific Periods Of Theatrical Activity, That Known As The English Renaissance, From About 1590 To 1640. Each Play Was A Major Work For Its Author, A Major Drama For The Period, And Still Significant Today.

This edition of six major Renaissance tragedies contains modernized, complete playtexts ideal for literature students or for performance use. Detailed introductory and explanatory notes deal with such issues as authorship, textual and performance history, sources, obscurities of meaning, unfamiliar allusions and points of theatrical interest. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii The Spanish Tragedy....Pages 1-91 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus....Pages 93-151 The Revenger’s Tragedy....Pages 153-241 The Duchess of Malfi....Pages 243-347 The Changeling....Pages 349-428 ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore....Pages 429-504 Back Matter....Pages 505-527 Contents: The Spanish tragedy The tragicalhistory of Doctor Faustus The revenger's tragedy The Duchess of Malfi The changeling 'Tis pity she's a whore.