Three Renaissance usury plays: The Three Ladies of London, Englishmen for My Money, The Hog Hath Lost His Pearl

by Paul Edmondson (Editor), Lloyd Kermode (Editor), Martin White (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719072628
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Series:	Revels Plays Companion Library
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Lloyd Edward Kermode is an Associate Professor of English at California State University, Long Beach. He is the co-editor of Tudor Drama Before Shakespeare (Palgrave) and Alien Stages

Table of Contents

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