The five plays collected in this edition--the only one of its kind--represent some of the most radical and unusual examples of the drama created during this period.

Setting Ford's earliest surviving independently-written play, The Lover's Melancholy, alongside his three best known works, this edition includes an introduction with sections on each play addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and ...

The plays featured have been edited from the earliest printed texts.

This is the only fully annotated edition of Wilde's major plays, which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today.[BOX TO GO ABOVE PLAYS] Under the General Editorship of Dr Michael Cordner of the ...

This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling.

"The School for Scandal" (1777) is a comedy of contrasts in which brothers Joseph and Charles Surface contend for Maria, with hilariously differing intentions and results. Also contained in this volume are several other plays by Sheridan.

"The Admirable Crichton and "What Every Woman Knows" are shrewd contributions to the politics of class and gender, while "Mary Rose" is one of the best ghost stories written for the stage.

Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are supplemented with a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation.

John Dryden's Amphitryon, set in ancient Thebes, retells the story in which Jupiter lures the virtuous Alcmena into cuckolding her husband by a stratagem that throws into doubt the very nature of human identity.

This volume collects her most important comedies with annotation and modernized spelling.