Critical Edition of I SIr John Oldcastle

Originally published in 1984 this book contains the full text of I Sir John Oldcastle alongside critical and textual notes including an examination of the authors and the theatrical background and assessment. For such an obscure play I Sir John Oldcastle has had a varied printing history and has been printed eighteen times since its original 1600 publication date. The text here is a modern-spelling version and archaic forms are only presered where rhyme or metre requires them or when modernization obscres rather than clarifies the required sense of the word.