Volpone
By: Ben Jonson
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist's finest plays. The…
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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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2. Everyman
By: Anonymous , Unknown
3.27
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
Everyman is a medieval morality play that was first performed in the late 15th century. The play te… read more
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3. 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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"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
4. The Way of the World
By: William Congreve
3.31
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more
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"One no more owes one's beauty to a lover than one's wit to an echo"-William Congreve, The Way of the World
5. 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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"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
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7. The Rover
By: Aphra Behn , Simon Trussler
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England and the most prolific playwright of … read more
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8. '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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9. The Knight of the Burning Pestle
By: John Fletcher , Francis Beaumont
4.22
Format: None pages,
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10. Volpone
By: Ben Jonson
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist's finest plays. The… read more
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11. The Jew of Malta
By: Christopher Marlowe , H. Havelock Ellis
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The spirit of Machiavelli presides over The Jew of Malta,in which the title character relentlessly … read more
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12. A Defence of Poetry
By: Philip Sidney , None
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Often seen as a key to understanding Elizabethan poetry, Sidney's persuasive treatise follows the r… read more
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13. 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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14. The School for Scandal
By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
2.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upp… read more
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15. The Rape of the Lock
By: Alexander Pope
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A satirical poem that intentionally over-dramatizes an incident in which a lock of a woman's hair i… read more
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16. 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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17. The Revenger's Tragedy
By: Thomas Middleton
4.13
Format: None pages,
In the family of passions none is more patient than hate. This masterpiece of the Elizabethan stage… read more
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18. Hero and Leander
By: Christopher Marlowe
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
Marlowe's unfinished masterpiece, as completed by George Chapman (1598). Includes an introduction a… read more
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19. The Country Wife
By: William Wycherley , None
3.91
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
'Cuckolds like lovers should themselves deceive' So concludes one of Wycherley's most revived and m… read more
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20. 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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21. The Duchess of Malfi
By: John Webster
3.00
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of M… read more
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