The White Devil (Revels Plays Companion Library)

Revd Prof. John Webster, John Russell Brown

ISBN 10: 0719016118 / ISBN 13: 9780719016110

Published by Manchester University Press 01/01/1967, 1967

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Synopsis:

In publishing this tragedy, I do but challenge myself that liberty, which other men have taken before me; not that I affect praise by it, for, nos hæc novimus esse nihil, only since it was acted in so dull a time of winter, presented in so open and black a theatre, that it wanted (that which is the only grace and setting-out of a tragedy) a full and understanding auditory; and that since that time I have noted, most of the people that come to that playhouse resemble those ignorant asses (who, visiting stationers' shops, their use is not to inquire for good books, but new books), I present it to the general view with this confidence: Nec rhoncos metues maligniorum, Nec scombris tunicas dabis molestas.

Review: John Webster's Charnel house tale... a Jacobean masterpiece... the characters of this flamboyant 17th-century tragedy of wild justice would be entirely recognisable to us today from kiss and tell tabloid stories. --Guardian

Bibliographic Details

Title: The White Devil (Revels Plays Companion ...
Publisher: Manchester University Press 01/01/1967
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good