Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceMiddleton and Rowley's masterpiece, a tale of murder, lust, seduction and blackmail in the seventeenth century.Alsemero has fallen in love with the beautiful Beatrice after a chance meeting in a church – but Beatrice has already been promised to another man. Unable to marry the man she loves, she employs the hated De Flores, her father's servant, to murder the man her father bids her marry. As p...

The Works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 4 (of 5) by Thomas Dekker and William Rowley is a captivating collection that delves into the brilliance of Jacobean drama, highlighting the wit, complexity, and theatrical ingenuity of Middleton’s collaborations. In this audiobook, listeners are transported into the dynamic world of early 17th-century English theatre, where intrigue, humor, and human emotion intersect with masterful storytelling....

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The Works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 5 (of 5) by Thomas Dekker and William Rowley concludes a masterful collection of Jacobean drama, showcasing the wit, complexity, and narrative brilliance of Middleton’s collaborations. In this audiobook, listeners are immersed in the vibrant world of early 17th-century English theatre, where sharp dialogue, intricate plots, and compelling characters come alive with theatrical intensity.The audi...

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Considered by critics to be one of the best tragedies of the English Renaissance, The Changeling was written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley and first published in book form in 1653. Beatrice-Joanna is betrothed to Alonzo but in love with Alsemero. She convinces De Flores, who is in love with her, to help her be free of Alonzo - by murdering him. In a comic sub-plot, Alibius' young wife Isabella has two admirers, Franciscus and Antonio, who pretend to be madmen in order to see her.

Arden of Faversham * A Woman Killed with Kindness * The Witch of Edmonton * The English Traveller In about 1590, an unknown dramatist had the idea of writing a tragedy about the lives of ordinary people, instead of the genre's usual complement of kings and queens and politicians. His play, Arden of Faversham, inaugurated a new genre of 'domestic' drama, set in near-contemporary England and concerned with issues of marriage, crime, and property rather than war and power. Arden dramatizes a ...

“The next good mood I find my father in, I'll get him quite discarded”With these chillingly offhand words, Beatrice-Joanna, the spoilt daughter of a powerful nobleman, plots to get rid of the family servant who has crossed her once too often. The Changeling's vivid tale of sexual appetite, repulsion, betrayal and lunacy remains one of the most compelling tragedies of the 17th century. Exposing the vexed relationship between servants and masters, setting notions of `change'...

It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were beingburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English - although therewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which the playdramatises - were not widely infected by the witch-craze. The stageseems to have provided an outlet for anxieties about witchcraft, aswell as an opportunity for public analysis. The Witch of Edmonton(1621) manifests this fundamentally rea...

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This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! Besides, it contains links to FREE AUDIOBOOKS that can be downloaded to your device! The Comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Love's Labour 's Lost Measure for Measure Much Ado About Nothing The Comedy of Errors The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Ver...