15 must-read drama books like Epicoene by Ben Jonson

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Epicoene

By: Ben Jonson

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

If you liked the drama plot in Epicoene by Ben Jonson , here is a list of 15 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 Arden of Faversham by Anonymous, Unknown, Martin White, Tom Lockwood

3. Arden of Faversham

By: Anonymous , Unknown , Martin White , Tom Lockwood

3.47

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This 'lamentable and true tragedy', as it is announced on its title page, dramatises a domestic mur… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Convent of Pleasure: A Comedy by Margaret Cavendish

4. The Convent of Pleasure: A Comedy

By: Margaret Cavendish

3.56

Format: 41 pages, Paperback

Margaret Lucas Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), began her literary career in 1653, with… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • school
  • drama
Cover of Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

5. Dr. Faustus

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.80

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"Hell is just a frame of mind."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Be silent then, for danger is in words."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

Cover of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

6. The Comedy of Errors

By: William Shakespeare

3.72

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Excerpt from Die Kom�die der Irrungen Geste Grayorum or the History of the High and mighty Princ… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Why should their liberty than ours be more?"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"Mi corazón ora por él, aunque mi lengua lo maldiga."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"El tiempo es insolvente y debe más de lo que tiene."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"¡A cuántos tontos enamorados esclaviza la locura de los celos!"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

Cover of The Changeling by Thomas Middleton, William Rowley

7. 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
  • british literature
  • 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 A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Catherine Belsey

8. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey

3.95

Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
  • school
"My soul is in the sky."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Farewell, sweet playfellow."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"How now, spirit! Whither wander you?"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Cover of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library

9. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

Cover of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John  Ford, Martin Wiggins

10. '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 The Knight of the Burning Pestle by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont

11. The Knight of the Burning Pestle

By: John Fletcher , Francis Beaumont

4.22

Format: None pages,

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  • classics
  • school
  • 17th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, Roma Gill

12. Coriolanus

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Shakespeare's last tragedy explores the career and death of a brilliant and arrogant Roman general.… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Epicoene by Ben Jonson

13. Epicoene

By: Ben Jonson

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • school
  • 17th century
  • british literature
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  • drama
Cover of Richard III by William Shakespeare, John Jowett

14. 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
Cover of The Tamer Tamed; or, The Woman's Prize by Gary Taylor, John Fletcher, Celia R. Daileader

15. The Tamer Tamed; or, The Woman's Prize

By: Gary Taylor , John Fletcher , Celia R. Daileader

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

This is the first edition for students and general readers of this pro-woman reply to Shakespeare's… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • 17th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

16. As You Like It

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

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school

17. The Tragedy of Mariam

By: Elizabeth Cary

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Stephanie Hodgson-Wright's excellent edition of this important work is the most user-friendly avai… read more

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18. A New Way to Pay Old Debts

By: Philip Massinger , None

4.09

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Play script, including biographical notes, textual details, and information about the staging of th… read more

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19. The Taming of the Shrew

By: William Shakespeare

3.78

Format: 438 pages,

Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young … read more

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20. Oroonoko

By: Aphra Behn , Janet Todd

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, th… read more

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21. The Merchant of Venice

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , None

3.78

Format: 247 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the … read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"He will fence with his own shadow."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!"

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

22. 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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23. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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24. The Shoemaker's Holiday

By: Thomas Dekker , None

3.82

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

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25. King Henry IV, Part 1 (Wars of the Roses, #2)

By: William Shakespeare , David Scott Kastan

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry … read more

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26. Othello

By: William Shakespeare

4.48

Format: None pages,

In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (betwee… read more

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27. 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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28. 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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29. Richard II

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill , None

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be … read more

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30. Titus Andronicus

By: William Shakespeare

3.68

Format: 268 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest tragedies and was hugely successful… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Hark, villains! I will grind your bones to dust. (Act V, Scene 2, 2503)"

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Sorrow concealèd, like an oven stopped, Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is."

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother."

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Now is a time to storm; why art thou still? TITUS ANDRONICUS: Ha, ha, ha! MARCUS ANDRONICUS: Why dost thou laugh? it fits not with this hour. TITUS ANDRONICUS: Why, I have not another tear to shed:"

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

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

31. 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

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  • classics
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  • 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)

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3.27

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