Old Plays

<p>This anthology Old Plays presents a collection of dramatic works from the English Renaissance offering a compelling glimpse into the theatrical landscape of the 17th century. Featured are four notable plays: Thomas Middleton's darkly comic tragedy Women Beware Women and his satirical city comedy A Trick to Catch the Old One; William Rowley's lively comedy A New Wonder a Woman Never Vext; and John Webster's tragic Appius and Virginia.</p> <p>Edited by Charles Wentworth Dilke and Robert Dodsley this volume preserves the original language and spirit of these plays making it an invaluable resource for students scholars and enthusiasts of early modern drama. Each play showcases the distinctive styles and themes prevalent during this period from Middleton's cynical explorations of social corruption to Webster's intense and brooding tragedy.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>