A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

Book Description: A C Black Publishers Ltd, 2002. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 2nd ed. 198 x 129 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Written for the adult players at the open-air Swan theatre in 1613, this master-piece of Jacobean city comedy signals its ironic nature even in the title: chaste maids, like most other goods and people in London's busiest commercial area, are likely to be fake. Money is more important than either happiness or honour; and the most coveted commodities to be bought with it are sex and social prestige. Middleton interweaves the fortunes of four families, who either seek to marry their children off as profitably as possible, to stop having any more for fear of poverty, or to acquire some in order to keep their property in the family. Most prosperous is the husband who pimps his wife to a rich knight and lets him support the household with his alimony. Like many early modern critics of London's enormous growth, this play warned: the city is a monster that lives off the money the country produces. Bookseller Inventory # KNV9780713650686

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Book Description: A & C Black Publishers Ltd. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Thomas Middleton, Alan Brissenden, Written for the adult players at the open-air Swan theatre in 1613, this master-piece of Jacobean city comedy signals its ironic nature even in the title: chaste maids, like most other goods and people in London's busiest commercial area, are likely to be fake. Money is more important than either happiness or honour; and the most coveted commodities to be bought with it are sex and social prestige. Middleton interweaves the fortunes of four families, who either seek to marry their children off as profitably as possible, to stop having any more for fear of poverty, or to acquire some in order to keep their property in the family. Most prosperous is the husband who pimps his wife to a rich knight and lets him support the household with his alimony. Like many early modern critics of London's enormous growth, this play warned: the city is a monster that lives off the money the country produces. Bookseller Inventory # B9780713650686

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Book Description: A & C Black, 2002. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # K9780713650686

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Book Description: A & C Black Publishers Ltd Methuen Drama, 2002. paperback. Book Condition: New. *** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM UK *** Binding paperback This text is part of the New Mermaid series of modern spelling, fully-annotated editions of English plays. Each volume includes a critical introduction, biography of the author, discussions of dates and sources, textual details, a bibliography and. Bookseller Inventory # 0713650680

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Book Description: Methuen Drama, 2007. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 144 pages. 7.50x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0713650680

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Book Description: Methuen Mrz 2002, 2002. Taschenbuch. Book Condition: Neu. 202x129x14 mm. - Written for the adult players at the open-air Swan theatre in 1613, this master-piece of Jacobean city comedy signals its ironic nature even in the title: chaste maids, like most other goods and people in London's busiest commercial area, are likely to be fake. Money is more important than either happiness or honour; and the most coveted commodities to be bought with it are sex and social prestige. Middleton interweaves the fortunes of four families, who either seek to marry their children off as profitably as possible, to stop having any more for fear of poverty, or to acquire some in order to keep their property in the family. Most prosperous is the husband who pimps his wife to a rich knight and lets him support the household with his alimony. Like many early modern critics of London's enormous growth, this play warned: the city is a monster that lives off the money the country produces. 108 pp. Englisch. Bookseller Inventory # 9780713650686

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Book Description: A&C Black, 2007. Kartoniert/Broschiert. Book Condition: Neu. 200 mm x 129 mm x 9 mm. - 106 pp. Englisch. Bookseller Inventory # 9780713650686

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Book Description: A & C Black Mrz 2010, 2010. Taschenbuch. Book Condition: Neu. 20 cm. - Written for the adult players at the open-air Swan theatre in 1613, this master-piece of Jacobean city comedy signals its ironic nature even in the title: chaste maids, like most other goods and people in London's busiest commercial area, are likely to be fake. Money is more important than either happiness or honour; and the most coveted commodities to be bought with it are sex and social prestige. Middleton interweaves the fortunes of four families, who either seek to marry their children off as profitably as possible, to stop having any more for fear of poverty, or to acquire some in order to keep their property in the family. Most prosperous is the husband who pimps his wife to a rich knight and lets him support the household with his alimony. Like many early modern critics of London's enormous growth, this play warned: the city is a monster that lives off the money the country produces. 106 pp. Englisch. Bookseller Inventory # 9780713650686

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