The Maid's Tragedy: Beaumont and Fletcher (The Revels Plays) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719030986 ISBN 13: 9780719030987

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Generally acknowledged to be the most powerful of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays and frequently performed by the best actors of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, The Maid's Tragedy (1610-11) disappeared from the stage (except in a much-altered and very successful Victorian adaptation) until recent years, when major companies have rediscovered its appeal. In this fully annotated edition, the editor has given careful attention to the sense of the lines, the stage action and the verse. Many new emendations of textual errors, as well as improvements in stage directions and lineation, are either introduced or proposed. The introduction explores Beaumont and Fletcher's use of the three known sources (two of them previously neglected) for incidents in the play, gives the fullest available account of its stage history, and provides a sympathetic interpretation of the play as a romantic tragedy. -- .

About this title

Synopsis:

This edition of Beaumont and Fletcher's best tragedy includes a stage history of the play, as well as new information about sources and their relation to the play. Stage action is examined and stage directions improved.

About the Author:

T. W. Craik is Professor of English at the University of Durham -- .

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0719030986
• ISBN 13: 9780719030987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Craik T. W.