Thomas Middleton : the collected works

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the oxford middleton
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627)—‘our other Shakespeare’—is the only other Renais-
sance playwright who created acknowledged masterpieces of comedy, tragedy, and
history; his revolutionary English history play, A Game at Chess, was also the greatest
box-officehitofearlymodernLondon.Hisachievementsextendbeyondthesetraditional
genrestotragicomedies,masques,pageants,pamphlets,epigrams,andBiblicalandpolit-
ical commentaries, written alone or in collaboration with Thomas Dekker, John Ford,
Thomas Heywood, William Rowley, William Shakespeare, John Webster, and others.
ComparedbycriticstoAristophanesandIbsen,RacineandJoeOrton,hehasinfluenced
writersas diverse as Aphra Behn, Anthony Trollope, and T. S. Eliot.Though repeatedly
censored in his own time, Middleton has since come to be particularly admired for his
representationsoftheintertwinedpursuitsofsex,money,power,andGod.
TheOxfordMiddleton,preparedbyseventy-fivescholarsfromadozencountries,follows
theprecedentofTheOxfordShakespeareinbeingpublishedintwovolumes,aninnovative
butaccessibleCollectedWorksandacomprehensivescholarlyCompanion.Thoughclosely
connected,eachvolumecanbeusedindependentlyoftheother.
The Collected Works brings together for the first time in a single volume all the
works currently attributed to Middleton. The texts are printed in modern spelling and
punctuation, with critical introductions and foot-of-the-page commentaries; they are
arranged in chronological order, with a special section of Juvenilia. The volume is
introduced by essays on Middleton’s life and reputation, on early modern London, and
onthevariedtheatresoftheEnglishRenaissance. Extensivelyillustrated,itincorporates
muchnewinformationonMiddleton’slife,canon,texts,andcontexts;twentypercentof
theworksincludedhaveneverbeforebeenannotated.Aself-consciously‘federaledition’,
TheCollectedWorksappliescontemporarytheoriesaboutthenatureofliteratureandthe
historyofthebooktoeditorialpractice;itsunusualfeaturesaredescribedandexplained
in‘HowtoUseThisBook’(p.18).
ThomasMiddletonandEarlyModernTextualCulture:ACompaniontoTheCollected
Works. Because Middleton is more representative than any of his contemporaries of
the full range of textual practices in early modern England, his works provide an ideal
focus for understanding the history of the book, and its relation to the larger history of
culture, in this pivotal period. The Companion begins, accordingly, with eleven original
essaysplacingMiddleton’scareerinthecontextoflargerculturalpatternsgoverningthe
creation, reproduction, regulation, circulation, and reception of texts. These essays are
followed by a textual introduction and full editorial apparatus for each work, including
an account of evidence for its authorship and date of composition. This combination of
detailandcontextprovidesafoundationforfuturestudiesbothofMiddletonandofearly
modernculture.
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Facetious Middleton, thy witty muse
Hath pleasèd all that books or men peruse.
Wit’sRecreations(1640)
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CONTRIBUTORS
GaryTaylor(GeneralEditor),FloridaStateUniversity JamesKnowles(KeeleUniversity)
JohnLavagnino(GeneralEditor),King’sCollegeLondon TheodoreB.Leinwand(UniversityofMaryland,College
Park)
MacDonaldP.Jackson(UniversityofAuckland) KateD.Levin(CityCollegeofNewYork)
JohnJowett(ShakespeareInstitute,Universityof JerzyLimon(UniwersytetGdan´ski)
Birmingham)
AniaLoomba(UniversityofPennsylvania)
ValerieWayne(UniversityofHawai‘iatMānoa)
LawrenceManley(YaleUniversity)
AdrianWeiss(independentscholar)
RobertMaslen(UniversityofGlasgow)
SusanDwyerAmussen(UnionInstitute&University) JeffreyMasten(NorthwesternUniversity)
DavidM.Bergeron(UniversityofKansas) C.E.McGee(StJerome’sUniversity)
MichaelBerlin(Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon) †ScottMcMillin(CornellUniversity)
†JuliaBriggs(DeMontfortUniversity) PaulMulholland(UniversityofGuelph)
DouglasBruster(UniversityofTexasatAustin) MarionO’Connor(UniversityofKentatCanterbury)
PaulBushkovitch(YaleUniversity) SharonO’Dair(UniversityofAlabama)
SwapanChakravorty(JadavpurUniversity) AnthonyParr(UniversityoftheWesternCape)
ThomasCogswell(UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside) AnnabelPatterson(YaleUniversity)
RalphAlanCohen(MaryBaldwinCollege) BryanReynolds(UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine)
CeliaR.Daileader(FloridaStateUniversity) NeilRhodes(UniversityofStAndrews)
LawrenceDanson(PrincetonUniversity) NikolaiRogozhin(RussianStateArchiveofAncient
Documents)
MichaelDobson(Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon)
PeterSaccio(DartmouthCollege)
†Inga-StinaEwbank(UniversityofLeeds)
PaulS.Seaver(StanfordUniversity)
DorisFeldmann(Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen–Nürnberg) G.B.Shand(GlendonCollege,YorkUniversity)
LoriAnneFerrell(ClaremontGraduateUniversity) DeboraShuger(UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles)
JuliaGasper(OpenUniversity) R.MalcolmSmuts(UniversityofMassachusetts,Boston)
SuzanneGossett(LoyolaUniversityChicago) KurtTetzelivonRosador(WestfälischeWilhelms-
UniversitätMünster)
DonnaB.Hamilton(UniversityofMaryland,College
Park) LeslieThomson(UniversityofToronto)
TonHoenselaars(UniversiteitUtrecht) DanielJ.Vitkus(FloridaStateUniversity)
R.V.Holdsworth(UniversityofManchester) WendyWall(NorthwesternUniversity)
GraceIoppolo(UniversityofReading) MichaelWarren(UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz)
MaijaJansson(YaleUniversity) StanleyWells(ShakespeareBirthplaceTrust)
†M.T.Jones-Davies(UniversitédeParis—Sorbonne) SusanWiseman(Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon)
CoppéliaKahn(BrownUniversity) LindaWoodbridge(PennsylvaniaStateUniversity)
IvoKamps(UniversityofMississippi) PaulYachnin(McGillUniversity)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
alphabetical contents 9
index of titles by genre 11
list of illustrations 13
how to use this book, by gary taylor 18
Middleton and His World
ThomasMiddleton:LivesandAfterlives,byGaryTaylor 25
Middleton’sLondon,byPaulS.Seaver 59
Middleton’sTheatres,byScottMcMillin 74
Collected Works 1602–1627
ThePhoenix,editedbyLawrenceDansonandIvoKamps 91
ThomasDekkerandThomasMiddleton,NewsfromGravesend:SenttoNobody,text
editedbyGaryTaylor,annotatedandintroducedbyRobertMaslen 128
TheNightingaleandtheAnt;and,FatherHubburd’sTales,editedbyAdrianWeiss 149
ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheMeetingofGallantsatanOrdinary;or,
TheWalksinPaul’s,editedbyPaulYachnin 183
Plato’sCapcastatthisyear1604,beingleapyear,editedbyPaulYachnin 195
TheBlackBook,editedbyG.B.Shand 204
ThomasDekker,StephenHarrison,BenJonson,andThomasMiddleton,TheWhole
RoyalandMagnificentEntertainmentofKingJamesthroughtheCityofLondon,15
March1604,withtheArchesofTriumph,editedbyR.MalcolmSmuts 219
ThomasDekkerandThomasMiddleton,ThePatientManandtheHonestWhore,
editedbyPaulMulholland 280
LostPlays:ABriefAccount,byDorisFeldmannandKurtTetzelivonRosador 328
MichaelmasTerm,editedbyTheodoreB.Leinwand 334
ATricktoCatchtheOldOne,editedbyValerieWayne 373
AMadWorld,MyMasters,texteditedandintroducedbyPeterSaccio,annotated
byCeliaR.Daileader 414
AYorkshireTragedy(oneofthefour-plays-in-one,calledAll’sOne),editedbyStanley
Wells 452
WilliamShakespeareandThomasMiddleton,TheLifeofTimonofAthens,text
editedandannotatedbyJohnJowett,introducedbySharonO’Dair 467
ThePuritanWidow;or,ThePuritan;or,TheWidowofWatlingStreet,editedby
DonnaB.Hamilton 509
TheRevenger’sTragedy,editedbyMacDonaldP.Jackson 543
YourFiveGallants,texteditedbyRalphAlanCohenwithJohnJowett,annotated
andintroducedbyRalphAlanCohen 594
ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheBloodyBanquet:ATragedy,adapted
fortheCockpit,introducedandannotatedbyJuliaGasper,texteditedbyJulia
GasperandGaryTaylor 637
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AndraeasLoeaechius,translatedandadaptedbyThomasMiddleton,SirRobert
SherleyhisEntertainmentinCracovia,texteditedandannotatedbyJerzyLimon
andDanielJ.Vitkus,introducedbyDanielJ.Vitkus 670
TheTwoGatesofSalvation;or,TheMarriageoftheOldandNewTestament;or,God’s
ParliamentHouse,texteditedandannotatedbyPaulMulholland,introducedby
LoriAnneFerrell 679
ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheRoaringGirl;or,MollCutpurse,edited
byCoppéliaKahn 721
NoWit/HelplikeaWoman’s;or,TheAlmanac,editedbyJohnJowett 779
TheLady’sTragedy[‘TheSecondMaiden’sTragedy’]:ParallelTexts,editedbyJulia
Briggs 833
AChasteMaidinCheapside,editedbyLindaWoodbridge 907
TheMannerofhisLordship’sEntertainment,editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 959
TheTriumphsofTruth,editedbyDavidM.Bergeron;with‘AnaccountbyAleksei
Ziuzin’,texteditedbyMaijaJanssonandNikolaiRogozhin,andtranslatedby
PaulBushkovitch 963
WilliamRowleyandThomasMiddleton,WitatSeveralWeapons,editedbyMichael
Dobson 980
MasqueofCupids,introducedbyM.T.Jones-DaviesandTonHoenselaars,text
editedandannotatedbyJohnJowett 1027
MoreDissemblersBesidesWomen,editedbyJohnJowett 1034
TheWidow,texteditedandintroducedbyGaryTaylor,annotatedbyMichael
WarrenandGaryTaylor 1074
TheWitch,editedbyMarionO’Connor 1124
WilliamShakespeare,adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,TheTragedyofMacbeth:A
GeneticText,texteditedbyGaryTaylor,introducedbyInga-StinaEwbank 1165
CivitatisAmor,editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 1202
WilliamRowleyandThomasMiddleton,AFairQuarrel,editedbySuzanneGossett 1209
TheTriumphsofHonourandIndustry,texteditedbyDavidM.Bergeron,annotated
andintroducedbyKateD.Levin;with‘OrazioBusino’sEyewitnessAccount’,
translatedandannotatedbyKateD.Levin 1251
TheOwl’sAlmanac,editedbyNeilRhodes 1271
ThePeacemaker;or,GreatBritain’sBlessing,texteditedandannotatedbyPaul
Mulholland,introducedbySusanDwyerAmussen 1303
MasqueofHeroes;or,TheInnerTempleMasque,texteditedandannotatedbyJerzy
Limon,introducedbyJamesKnowles 1320
WilliamRowley,ThomasMiddleton,andThomasHeywood,An/TheOldLaw,
editedbyJeffreyMasten 1331
TheTriumphsofLoveandAntiquity,texteditedandannotatedbyDavidM.
Bergeron,introducedbyLawrenceManley 1397
ThomasMiddletonandWilliamRowley,TheWorldTossedatTennis[ACourtly
Masque],editedbyC.E.McGee 1405
HonourableEntertainmentsandAnInvention,editedbyAnthonyParr 1431
Hengist,KingofKent;or,TheMayorofQueenborough,editedbyGraceIoppolo 1448
Women,BewareWomen:ATragedy,editedbyJohnJowett 1488
WilliamShakespeare,adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,MeasureforMeasure:A
GeneticText,editedbyJohnJowett 1542
TheSuninAries,texteditedandannotatedbyDavidM.Bergeron,introducedby
MichaelBerlin 1586
ThomasMiddletonandJohnWebster,AnythingforaQuietLife,editedbyLeslie
Thomson 1593
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WilliamRowleyandThomasMiddleton,TheChangeling,texteditedandannotated
byDouglasBruster,introducedbyAnnabelPatterson 1632
TheNiceValour;or,ThePassionateMadman,introducedandannotatedbySusan
Wiseman,texteditedbyGaryTaylor 1679
TheTriumphsofHonourandVirtue,texteditedandannotatedbyDavidM.Bergeron,
introducedbyAniaLoomba 1714
JohnFord,ThomasDekker,ThomasMiddleton,andWilliamRowley,TheSpanish
Gypsy,texteditedandannotatedbyGaryTaylor,introducedbySuzanneGossett 1723
ThomasMiddletonandAnthonyMunday,TheTriumphsofIntegritywithThe
TriumphsoftheGoldenFleece,editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 1766
AGameatChesse:AnEarlyForm,editedbyGaryTaylor 1773
AGameatChess:ALaterForm,editedbyGaryTaylor 1825
OccasionalPoems,1619–25,editedbyGaryTaylor 1886
LostPageantforCharlesI:ABriefAccount,byGaryTaylor 1898
TheTriumphsofHealthandProsperity,texteditedandannotatedbyDavidM.
Bergeron,introducedbyBryanReynolds 1901
LostPoliticalProse,1620–7:ABriefAccount,byThomasCogswell 1907
Juvenilia 1597–1601
TheWisdomofSolomonParaphrased,texteditedandannotatedbyG.B.Shand,
introducedbyDeboraShuger 1915
Microcynicon:SixSnarlingSatires,editedbyWendyWall 1970
TheGhostofLucrece,editedbyG.B.Shand 1985
‘SimonSmellknave’(pseud.),adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,ThePenniless
ParliamentofThreadbarePoets,editedbySwapanChakravorty 1999
acknowledgements 2012
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ALPHABETICAL CONTENTS
Full titles, common abbreviations, and alternative titles are all given.
Asterisksmarktheabbreviationsusedinthisedition.
All’sOne 452 *Gypsy 1723
TheAlmanac 779 *‘Hammond’ 1896
Annals1620–27 1907 HealthandProsperity 1901
TheAntandtheNightingale 149 *Hengist 1448
*Antiquity 1397 Hengist,KingofKent 1448
AnythingforaQuietLife 1593 *Heroes 1320
*TheArchesofTriumph 219 *HisLordship’sEntertainment 959
*Aries 1586 TheHonestWhore,Part1 280
*Banquet 637 HonourandIndustry 1251
The*BlackBook 204 HonourandVirtue 1714
TheBloodyBanquet 637 HonourableEntertainments 1431
*‘Bolles’ 1890 *Hubburd 149
*‘Burbage’ 1889 *Industry 1251
Caesar’sFall 328 TheInnerTempleMasque 1320
The*Changeling 1632 *Integrity 1766
‘CharlesI’ 1898 An*Invention 1446
*ChasteMaid 907 ‘TotheKing’ 1895
AChasteMaidinCheapside 907 ‘TotheworthilyaccomplishedMasterWilliam
TheChesterTragedy 328 Hammond’ 1896
*Civitatis 1202 *Lady 833
CivitatisAmor 1202 TheLady’sTragedy 833
TheConqueror’sCustom 331 TheLifeofTimonofAthens 467
ACourtlyMasque 1405 LoveandAntiquity 1397
*Cupids 1027 *Macbeth 1165
*Dissemblers 1034 *MadWorld 414
‘TheDuchessofMalfi’ 1894 AMadWorld,MyMasters 414
*Entertainments 1431 *Magnificent 219
TheFairPrisoner 331 TheMagnificentEntertainment 219
AFairQuarrel 1209 *‘Malfi’ 1894
Farrago 1909 TheMannerofhisLordship’sEntertainment 959
FatherHubburd’sTales 149 TheMarriageoftheOldandNewTestaments 679
*FiveGallants 594 MasqueofCupids 1027
FriarBaconandFriarBungay 330 MasqueofHeroes 1320
*Game 1773 TheMayorofQueenborough 1448
AGameatChess 1773 *Measure 1542
*Ghost 1985 MeasureforMeasure 1542
TheGhostofLucrece 1985 *Meeting 183
God’sParliamentHouse 679 TheMeetingofGallantsatanOrdinary 183
*Gravesend 128 *Michaelmas 334
GreatBritain’sBlessing 1303 MichaelmasTerm 334
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