It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were beingburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English – although therewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which th …

It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were beingburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English – although therewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which th …

Like Shakespeare’s Juliet, Annabella, accompanied by her down-to-earthnurse, is introduced to a series of suitors to her hand. Like Juliet, she finds all of them unsatisfactory – and rightly so, for …

Like Shakespeare’s Juliet, Annabella, accompanied by her down-to-earthnurse, is introduced to a series of suitors to her hand. Like Juliet, she finds all of them unsatisfactory – and rightly so, for …

Francis Bacon described revenge as a ‘kind of wild justice’. Then as now, early modern playwrights and their theatre-going public were fascinated by the anarchic energies that a desire for retributio …

Francis Bacon described revenge as a ‘kind of wild justice’. Then as now, early modern playwrights and their theatre-going public were fascinated by the anarchic energies that a desire for retributio …

Contents:Plays by Ford-The Queen, The Lover’s Melancholy, The Broken Heart, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Love’s Sacrifice, The Chronicle of Perkin Warbek, Fancies Chaste and noble, The Lady’s Trial Co-Wr …