A mad world, my masters
Edición de la obra A mad world, my masters
| Autor | Thomas Middleton |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Printed by H.B. for Walter Bvrre, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Crane |
| Fecha de publicación | 1955 |
| Lugar | London |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 67 |
| Formato | Microform |
| Serie | Three centuries of drama · Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1800 |
| Número de Cutter | M629m |
Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) was a writer of great versatility, and his career as a London dramatist spans the most productive, innovative, and exciting period of theatrical activity in the history of English drama. Best known for his tragedies, he also wrote many successful comedies of city life. This volume brings together four of the finest: A Mad World, My Masters, Michaelmas Term, A Trick to Catch the Old One, and No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's. The first three plays, written between 1604 and 1606, are witty and rambunctious satires on the predatory life of the aspiring London citizen. Sex and money are the characters' obsessions; their caustic exposure Middleton's. In the later play, No Wit (1612), satire shades into romance, prose into verse. Together the four plays reveal the range and exuberance of Middleton's writing for the comic stage.