The selected plays of Philip Massinger
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The selected plays of Philip Massinger
（Plays by Renaissance and Restoration dramatists）
Cambridge University Press, 1978
- : hard
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. xi-xiv
Contents of Works
- The Duke of Milan
- The Roman actor
- A new way to pay old debts
- The city madam
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume provides a selection of four plays by Philip Massinger who, from 1625 to 1640, replaced John Fletcher as principal dramatist for the King's Men, the chief London theatre company for more than forty years. The selection consists of two of Massinger's finest comedies, A New Way to Pay Old Debts and The City Madam, and his two best known tragedies, The Duke of Milan and The Roman Actor. These plays have interested readers, scholars and critics for hundreds of years, and although the tragedies have seldom been performed since the seventeenth century, the comedies have a long stage tradition. A New Way to Pay Old Debts has been performed more often than any other play by Shakespeare's contemporaries, and together with The City Madam continues to delight modern audiences.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Duke of Milan
- 2. The Roman Actor
- 3. A New Way to Pay Old Debts
- 4. The City Madam.
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