Three Renaissance Usury Plays

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.

ISBN 071907262X   Part volume 'The Three Ladies of London', 'Englishmen for My Money' AND 'The Hog Hath ISBN13 9780719072628 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Manchester University Press   Weight (grammes) 612 Imprint Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Format Hardback   Series title Revels Plays Companion Library Publication date 01 Jan 2009   Height (mm) 216 Library of Congress PR2677   Width (mm) 138 DEWEY 822.3   Spine width (mm) 36 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate Pages 392

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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