Research Catalog

Title

The witch of Edmonton / Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley ; for Prince Charles's Men at the Cockpit and Whitehall ; revived by Queen Henriette Maria's Men at the Cockpit ; edited by Lucy Munro.

Author

Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632

Publication

• London ; Oxford ; New York, NY ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640
• Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?
• Munro, Lucy

Description

xviii, 302 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

On 19 April 1621, a woman named Elizabeth Sawyer was hanged at Tyburn. Her story was on the bookstalls within days and within weeks was adapted for the stage as The Witch of Edmonton. The devil stalks Edmonton in the shape of a large black dog and, just as Elizabeth Sawyer makes her demonic pact, the newlywed Frank Thorney enters into his own dark bargain in the shape of a second, bigamous marriage. Torn between sympathy for Sawyer and Thorney and a clear-eyed assessment of their crimes, the play was the finest and most nuanced treatment of witchcraft that the stage would see for centuries. Lucy Munro's introduction provides students and scholars with a detailed understanding of this complex play. - See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-witch-of-edmonton-9781904271529/#sthash.KWU7IGXY.dpuf

Series Statement

Arden Early Modern Drama

Uniform Title

Arden early modern drama.

Subjects

• Bigamy > Drama
• Witchcraft > England > History > 17th century > Drama
• Sawyer, Elizabeth, -1621 > Drama

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

List of illustrations -- General editors' preface -- Preface -- Introduction. Curtain and cockpit : staging the supernatural in 1621 ; Collaborations: Rowley...etc. ; Reading Elizabeth Sawyer in 1621 ; Witchcraft and bigamy : 1621 and 1658 ; Danger and death : tragicomedy and domestic drama in 1621 ; London and Lancashire : staging witchcraft in 1634 ; The witch and the dog ; The witch regains the stage : 1921 to 2016: Edmonton on stage, The witch and the dog : reprise, Forget the hobby-horse! ; Printing "The Witch of Edmonton" : 1658 and 2016 -- Quarto paratext -- The witch of Edmonton -- Appendix: Casting "The Witch of Edmonton" -- Abbreviations and references. Abbreviations used in notes ; Works by and partly by Shakespeare ; Editions of "The Witch of Edmonton" collated ; Other works cited ; Modern productions cited. Index.

Call Number

JFD 17-5877

ISBN

• 1472503287
• 9781472503282
• 1904271529
• 9781904271529

OCLC

966513692

Author

Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632, author.

Title

The witch of Edmonton / Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley ; for Prince Charles's Men at the Cockpit and Whitehall ; revived by Queen Henriette Maria's Men at the Cockpit ; edited by Lucy Munro.

Publisher

London ; Oxford ; New York, NY ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Arden Early Modern Drama

Arden early modern drama.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640, author.

Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?, author.

Munro, Lucy, editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 17-5877