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A Trick to Catch the Old One: By Thomas Middleton

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Trick to Catch the Old One: By Thomas Middleton
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Paul Mulholland
SeriesThe Revels Plays
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9781526116932
ClassificationsDewey:822.3
Audience
General
Illustrations 2 black & white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 18 May 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This edition presents a thoroughly reconsidered text based on collation of all known copies of the 1608 quarto (including material unnoticed by earlier editors). Textual analysis draws on detailed internal investigation and the printer's wider practice to propose that relatively improvisational procedures and a paper quota governed A Trick's printing operations. Discovery of an overlooked record revises the date of court performance to 1 January 1607, with implications for the play's early history. Critical discussion freshly examines the play's multi-layered ironic texture in relation to such issues as the status of women, marriage's relation to prostitution and vice versa, and the contemporary marriage market. And the Courtesan receives special attention in the context of this overarching ironic scheme. An extensive stage history explores original staging and documents revivals to 2011. The commentary is the most wide-ranging and comprehensive of all modern editions. -- .

Author Biography

Paul Mulholland is a Professor of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph -- .

Reviews

'The persuasiveness with which Mulholland presents a large body of evidence from a complex textual history of the play makes this a ground-breaking edition of A Trick, and one that will have a long shelf life. The edition will stand out among others, not only because of the wealth of evidence and the clarity with which it is presented, but also because new findings are offered convincingly, while familiar evidence is re-assessed in accordance with the latest directions in textual scholarship.' Goran Stanivukovic, Saint Mary's University, Halifax -- .