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This edition of four Renaissance comedies represents the vitality, range and diversity of the English comic drama of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, reflecting both its capacity for escapist fantasy and its concern with the intrigues of everyday city life. Comprehensive textual notes establish the plays in their originating cultural and theatrical circumstances, as well as explaining obscure references and allusions. A general introduction provides a helpful overview of early

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Author

George Peele; Thomas Dekker; Ben Jonson; Philip Massinger; Robert Shaughnessy

Publisher

Methuen Drama

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781403938862

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Drama, Historical Fiction

Updated

2026-03-25