Three Renaissance usury plays

Author(s)

• Kermode, Lloyd Edward
• Wilson, Robert, d. 1600
• Haughton, William, d. 1605
• Tailor, Robert, fl. 1614

Bibliographic Information

Three Renaissance usury plays

edited by Lloyd Edward Kermode

（The Revels plays companion library / E.A.J. Honigmann ... [et al.], general editors）

Manchester University Press, 2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works

• The three ladies of London / by Robert Wilson
• Englishmen for my money / by William Haughton
• The hog hath lost his pearl / by Robert Tailor

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book provides for the first time modern-spelling, fully annotated editions of three important Elizabeth and Jacobean 'usury plays' - The Three Ladies of London, Englishmen for My Money, The Hog Hath Lost His Pearl. The edition includes an extensive scholarly introduction to the attitudes toward money-lending in early modern England, and to the authors, texts and historical contexts of this drama. The plays included in this edition also represent examples of 'city plays' and 'alien plays', thus making them widely relevant to scholars and teachers in many areas of early modern studies. They are also gaining new appreciation in their own right. As befits a volume in the RPCL series, the edition is academically advanced to cater for specialised scholars. However, the introduction, editing and annotation remain accessible for undergraduates and theatregoers. -- .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Editions Illustrations General Introduction Introductions to the Plays Later performance history of the plays Note on the editorial history of the plays The present texts Textual Issues: Character Names, Foreign Language, Speech Assignment Robert Wilson, THE THREE LADIES OF LONDON The Actors' Names Text and Notes Collation William Haughton, ENGLISHMEN FOR MY MONEY The Actors' Names Text and Notes Collation Robert Tailor, THE HOG HATH LOST HIS PEARL The Actors' Names Text and Notes Collation Appendix A: Map of the City of London Showing Places Mentioned in Englishmen for My Money Appendix B: Act/scene divisions in Englishmen for My Money Appendix C: References to Haughton in Henslowe's Diary Index -- .

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Details

• NCID: BA89203034
• ISBN:
  • 9780719072628
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Manchester
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 380 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English drama -- 17th century
  • LCSH : English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
  • LCSH : Usury -- Drama
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00238833