~playauthor~Written by~
Thomas Middleton
,
Alan Brissenden
~playauthor~Edited by~
Alan Brissenden
Methuen Drama, 2002
New Mermaids
playtext
Acts: 5, Scenes: 14, Roles: Total (23), Female (10), Male (13), Unassigned (0)
...A Chaste Maid in Cheapside is Middleton’s masterpiece of Jacobean city comedy, rich in irony and wordplay. Middleton welds together the themes of corruption, money and sex into a complex whole, in which comedy is mingled with disgust...
~playauthor~Written by~
Thomas Middleton
,
Elizabeth Schafer
~playauthor~Edited by~
Elizabeth Schafer
Methuen Drama, 1994
New Mermaids
playtext
Acts: 5, Scenes: 14, Roles: Total (21), Female (9), Male (12), Unassigned (0)
...A lurid and sensational tragicomedy, Thomas Middleton portrays a court mired in sexual intrigue and deception, and the gruesome witch who keeps them well supplied with love charms and poisons.
At the start of the play...