The Roaring Girl and Other City Comedies [The Shoemaker's Holiday, Every Man In His Humour, Eastward Ho!] (Oxford English Drama)

By John Marston, George Chapman, Thomas Dekker

Book Overview

This excellent volume brings together four of the most popular, most frequently studied and performed comedies that depict city life, by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson and their contemporaries. Included are The Roaring Girl, The Shoemaker's Holiday, Eastward Ho , and Every Man in His Humour. The text is freshly edited using modern spelling. A critical introduction, a wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography illuminate the plays' cultural contexts and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192828002
• ISBN13: 9780192828002
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.9" x 1.3" x 7.5"