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<p>Acknowledgments Viii</p> <p>A Note On The Texts Ix</p> <p>Preface To The Third Edition X</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p>Brief Lives 13</p> <p>Chronology 22</p> <p>Maps 31</p> <p>Anonymous 33</p> <p><i>The Noble Triumphant Coronation Of Queen Anne, Wife Unto The Most Noble King Henry The VIII</i></p> <p>Richard Mulcaster 43</p> <p><i>The Queen’s Majesty’s Passage</i></p> <p>George Gascoigne 61</p> <p><i>The Princely Pleasures At The Court At Kenilworth</i></p> <p>Sir Philip Sidney 89</p> <p><i>The Lady Of May</i></p> <p>Thomas Kyd 99</p> <p><i>The Spanish Tragedy</i></p> <p>John Lyly 149</p> <p><i>Gallathea</i></p> <p>Anonymous 187</p> <p><i>The Tragical History Of Thomas Of Woodstock</i></p> <p>Christopher Marlowe 243</p> <p><i>The Tragical History Of D. Faustus</i></p> <p>Anonymous 277</p> <p><i>Arden Of Faversham</i></p> <p>Christopher Marlowe 321</p> <p><i>The Troublesome Reign And Lamentable Death Of Edward The Second</i></p> <p>George Peele 375</p> <p><i>The Old Wives’ Tale</i></p> <p>Mary Sidney, Countess Of Pembroke 401</p> <p><i>The Tragedy Of Antony</i></p> <p>Thomas Dekker 441</p> <p><i>The Shoemakers’ Holiday</i></p> <p>John Marston 485</p> <p><i>The Malcontent</i></p> <p>Anthony Munday 543</p> <p><i>The Triumphs Of Re-United Britannia</i></p> <p>Thomas Heywood 557</p> <p><i>A Woman Killed With Kindness</i></p> <p>Francis Beaumont 597</p> <p><i>The Knight Of The Burning Pestle</i></p> <p>Ben Jonson 647</p> <p><i>Volpone Or The Fox</i></p> <p>Ben Jonson 717</p> <p><i>The Masque Of Queens</i></p> <p>Ben Jonson 735</p> <p><i>Epiocene, Or The Silent Woman</i></p> <p>Thomas Middleton 815</p> <p><i>A Chaste Maid In Cheapside</i></p> <p>Elizabeth Cary 863</p> <p><i>The Tragedy Of Mariam</i></p> <p>John Webster 905</p> <p><i>The Duchess Of Malfi</i></p> <p>Anonymous 967</p> <p><i>The Barriers</i></p> <p>William Rowley, Thomas Deckker, And John Ford 977</p> <p><i>The Witch Of Edmonton</i></p> <p>Thomas Middleton And William Rowley 1033</p> <p><i>The Changeling</i></p> <p>John Ford 1081</p> <p><i>’Tis Pity She’s A Whore</i></p> <p>Margaret Cavendish 1129</p> <p><i>The Convent Of Pleasure: A Comedy</i></p> <p>Index 1157</p>

<p><b>ARTHUR F. KINNEY</b> is Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History Emeritus in the University of Massachusetts and Founding Director of the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies. He is the author and editor of a number of books and essays, including <i>Renaissance Drama</i> (editor, 2005), <i>Shakespeare and Cognition</i> (2006), <i>Elizabethan and Jacobean England</i> (2010), <i>The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare</i> (editor, 2012), and <i>Renaissance Reflections, Selected Essays 1976–2014</i> (2014). He is the only recipient of both the Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renaissance Society of America and the Jean Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sidney Society.</p><p><b>DAVID A. KATZ</b> is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross. His articles have been published in <i>The Shakespearean International Yearbook, English Literary Renaissance, Studies in Philology, Symbolism: An International Annual of Critical Aesthetics, The Sidney Journal</i>, and other periodicals.</p>

<p>Experience the best and most noteworthy works of Renaissance drama</p><p>This Third Edition of <i>Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments</i> is the latest installment of a groundbreaking collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama. Covering not only the popular drama of the period, <i>Renaissance Drama</i> includes masques, Lord Mayor shows, royal performances, and the popular mystery plays of the time. The selections fairly represent the variety and quality of Renaissance drama and they include works of scholarly and literary interest.</p><p>Each work included in this edition comes with an insightful and illuminating introduction that places the piece in its historical and cultural context, with accompanying text explaining the significance of each piece and the ways in which it interacts with other works.</p><p>New to this edition are:</p><ul><li>The famous entertainment for Elizabeth at Kenilworth</li><li>George Peele’s remarkably inventive <i>The Old Wives’ Tale</i></li><li>The oft-forgotten history of <i>Thomas of Woodstock</i>, predecessor to Shakespeare’s <i>Richard II</i></li><li>John Lyly’s <i>Gallathea</i>, a work which explores gender and love, written for the Children’s Company at Saint Paul’s</li><li>Ben Johnson’s <i>Volpone</i> and the controversial <i>Epicoene</i></li></ul><p>Perfect for scholars, teachers, and readers of the English Renaissance, <i>Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments</i> belongs on the bookshelves of anyone with even a passing interest in the drama of its time.</p>

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