10 best-selling drama books like Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama) by Francis Beaumont

Cover of Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama) by Francis Beaumont

Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama)

By: Francis Beaumont

3.43

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Philaster is a tragicomedy by Beaumont and Fletcher which has much in common with Shakespeare's lat…

"Bellario. Sir, you did take me up When I was nothing; and only yet am something By being yours. You trusted me unknown; And that which you were apt to conster A simple innocence in me, perhaps Might have been craft, the cunning of a boy Hardened in lies and theft: yet ventured you To part my miseries and me; for which, I never can expect to serve a lady That bears more honour in her breast than you."

-Francis Beaumont, Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama)

If you liked the drama plot in Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama) by Francis Beaumont , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Roaring Girl by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, Elizabeth Cook

1. The Roaring Girl

By: Thomas Dekker , Thomas Middleton , Elizabeth Cook

3.41

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

New Mermaids are modern spelling, fully-annotated editions of important Engish plays. Each volume i… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • 17th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Cynthia Marshall

2. Antony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including not… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Melt Egypt into Nile!"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"...make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Thou are the armourer of my heart—"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

Cover of The Changeling by Thomas Middleton, William Rowley

3. The Changeling

By: Thomas Middleton , William Rowley

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume Th… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • 17th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Let me feel how thy pulses beat."

-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling

"Tis time to die, when 'tis a shame to live."

-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling

"She that in life and love refuses me, In death and shame my partner she shall be."

-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling

"FRANCISCUS: How sweetly she looks! Oh, but there's a wrinkle in her brow as deep as philosophy."

-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling

Cover of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Sarah Ruden

4. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

Cover of Gallathea (Malone Society Reprints , No 161) by John Lyly

5. Gallathea (Malone Society Reprints , No 161)

By: John Lyly

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

This is a photographic facsimile of John Lyly's comedy Gallathea, printed in 1592, taken from the c… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • school
  • drama
Cover of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John  Ford, Martin Wiggins

6. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

By: John Ford , Martin Wiggins

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of the most controversal plays in drama literature, this play's treatment of the subject of inc… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • 17th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of King Lear by William Shakespeare, William James Rolfe

7. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

Cover of The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare, Lois Potter

8. The Two Noble Kinsmen

By: William Shakespeare , Lois Potter

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

The content of this edition include a list of the illustrations featured within the text and a pref… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Richard III by William Shakespeare, John Jowett

9. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

10. Venus and Adonis

By: William Shakespeare , Christa Jansohn

3.28

Format: 404 pages,

Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal… read more

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11. The Rape of Lucrece

By: William Shakespeare

4.00

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

The Rape of Lucrece is a 1594 narrative poem. In 509 BC Lucretia was raped by the son of Tarquin th… read more

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12. The Witch

By: Thomas Middleton , Elizabeth Schafer , William C. Carroll , None , None , None

3.61

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

HECATE Titty and Tiffin, Suckin and Pidgen, Liard and Robin, White spirits, black spirits, grey spi… read more

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13. Antonio and Mellida

By: John Marston

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Publisher: [London Printed for the Malone society by F. Hall at the Oxford University Press] Notes:… read more

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14. Edward II

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

The last of Marlowe's great dramas, often considered his masterpiece. read more

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15. Timon of Athens

By: William Shakespeare , Thomas Middleton

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

Timon of Athensis a bitterly intriguing study of a fabulously rich man who wastes his wealth on his… read more

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16. Bartholomew Fair

By: Ben Jonson , None

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bartholomew Fairis the climactic play of Ben Jonson's great comic period. Using the fair as a symbo… read more

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17. The Spanish Tragedy

By: Thomas Kyd , None

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Large Format for easy reading. Highly popular and influential in the development of Elizabethan dra… read more

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18. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

By: Thomas Middleton , Alan Brissenden

4.36

Format: 524 pages, Paperback

Written for the adult players at the open-air Swan theatre in 1613,this master-piece of Jacobean ci… read more

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19. The Witch of Edmonton

By: John Ford , Thomas Dekker , William Rowley

3.29

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

The Witch of Edmonton has received considerable attention recently both from scholars and critics i… read more

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Cover of Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama) by Francis Beaumont

20. Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama)

By: Francis Beaumont

3.43

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Philaster is a tragicomedy by Beaumont and Fletcher which has much in common with Shakespeare's lat… read more

Similar categories in Francis Beaumont's Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama) book and Francis Beaumont's Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama)

  • classics
  • school
  • 17th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Bellario. Sir, you did take me up When I was nothing; and only yet am something By being yours. You trusted me unknown; And that which you were apt to conster A simple innocence in me, perhaps Might …"

-Francis Beaumont, Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama)

Cover of The Island Princess by John Fletcher

21. The Island Princess

By: John Fletcher

3.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

New RSC Classics series highlights rarely performed Tudor and Jacobean plays. read more

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3.61

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Lysistrata

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3.87

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