Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works and Companion Two Volume Set

1184 Pages·2008·35.462 MB·English

by  Thomas Middleton, John Lavagnino

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.
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
modern culture. The volume’s unusual features are described and explained in ‘How to
UseThisBook’(p.19).
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’,
TheCollectedWorks appliescontemporarytheoriesaboutthenatureofliteratureandthe
historyofthebooktoeditorialpractice.
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T H O M A S M I D D L E T O N
A N D E A R L Y M O D E R N
T E X T U A L C U L T U R E
A COMPANION TO
THE COLLECTED WORKS
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GARY TAYLOR AND JOHN LAVAGNINO
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CONTRIBUTORS
GaryTaylor(GeneralEditor),FloridaStateUniversity MollyHand(FloridaStateUniversity)
JohnLavagnino(GeneralEditor),King’sCollegeLondon TrishThomasHenley(FloridaStateUniversity)
R.V.Holdsworth(UniversityofManchester)
MacDonaldP.Jackson(UniversityofAuckland)
GraceIoppolo(UniversityofReading)
JohnJowett(ShakespeareInstitute,Universityof
CoppéliaKahn(BrownUniversity)
Birmingham)
IvoKamps(UniversityofMississippi)
ValerieWayne(UniversityofHawai‘iatMānoa)
LizzKetterer(ShakespeareInstitute,Universityof
AdrianWeiss(independentscholar)
Birmingham)
IlariaAndreoli(FloridaStateUniversity) TheodoreB.Leinwand(UniversityofMaryland,College
Park)
JohnH.Astington(UniversityofToronto)
KateD.Levin(CityCollegeofNewYork)
MaureenBell(UniversityofBirmingham)
JerzyLimon(UniwersytetGdan´ski)
AlexandraG.Bennett(NorthernIllinoisUniversity)
†HaroldLove(MonashUniversity)
DavidM.Bergeron(UniversityofKansas)
JeffreyMasten(NorthwesternUniversity)
†JuliaBriggs(DeMontfortUniversity)
C.E.McGee(StJerome’sUniversity)
DouglasBruster(UniversityofTexasatAustin)
PaulMulholland(UniversityofGuelph)
RichardBurt(UniversityofFlorida)
MarionO’Connor(UniversityofKentatCanterbury)
SwapanChakravorty(JadavpurUniversity)
AnthonyParr(UniversityoftheWesternCape)
CyndiaSusanClegg(PepperdineUniversity)
NeilRhodes(UniversityofStAndrews)
ThomasCogswell(UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside)
AndrewJ.Sabol(BrownUniversity)
RalphAlanCohen(MaryBaldwinCollege)
PeterSaccio(DartmouthCollege)
CeliaR.Daileader(FloridaStateUniversity)
G.B.Shand(GlendonCollege,YorkUniversity)
LawrenceDanson(PrincetonUniversity)
R.MalcolmSmuts(UniversityofMassachusetts,Boston)
MichaelDobson(Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon)
LeslieThomson(UniversityofToronto)
JuliaGasper(OpenUniversity)
DanielJ.Vitkus(FloridaStateUniversity)
EdwardGieskes(UniversityofSouthCarolina)
WendyWall(NorthwesternUniversity)
SuzanneGossett(LoyolaUniversityChicago)
StanleyWells(ShakespeareBirthplaceTrust)
DonnaB.Hamilton(UniversityofMaryland,College
Park) LindaWoodbridge(PennsylvaniaStateUniversity)
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 19
preface: textual proximities, by gary taylor 24
Part I: The Culture
GaryTaylor,assistedbyCeliaR.DaileaderandAlexandraG.Bennett,‘TheOrder
ofPersons’ 31
MacDonaldP.Jackson,‘EarlyModernAuthorship:CanonsandChronologies’ 80
HaroldLove,‘ThomasMiddleton:OralCultureandtheManuscriptEconomy’ 98
EdwardGieskes,‘“FromWrongerandWrongedHaveIFee”:ThomasMiddleton
andEarlyModernLegalCulture’ 110
GaryTaylorandAndrewJ.Sabol,assistedbyJohnJowettandLizzKetterer,
‘Middleton,Music,andDance’ 119
RichardBurt,‘ThomasMiddleton,Uncut:Castration,Censorship,andthe
RegulationofDramaticDiscourseinEarlyModernEngland’ 182
AdrianWeiss,‘CastingCompositors,FoulCases,andSkeletons:Printingin
Middleton’sAge’ 195
JohnH.Astington,‘VisualTexts:ThomasMiddletonandPrints’ 226
CyndiaSusanClegg,‘“’TwillMuchEnrichtheCompanyofStationers”:Thomas
MiddletonandtheLondonBookTrade,1580–1627’ 247
MaureenBell,‘BooksellerswithoutanAuthor,1627–1685’ 260
JohnJowett,‘ForManyofYourCompanies:Middleton’sEarlyReaders’ 286
Part II: The Author
GaryTaylor,‘Introduction:TheMiddletonCanon’ 331
‘WorksIncludedinthisEdition:CanonandChronology’ 335
MacDonaldP.JacksonandGaryTaylor,‘WorksExcludedfromthisEdition’ 444
Part III: The Texts
GaryTaylor,‘ThomasMiddleton:LivesandAfterlives:Sources’ 449
PaulS.Seaver,‘Middleton’sLondon:Sources’ 457
ScottMcMillin,‘Middleton’sTheatres:Sources’ 459
TheWisdomofSolomonParaphrased (1597),editedbyG.B.Shand 461
Microcynicon:SixSnarlingSatires(1599),editedbyWendyWall 465
TheGhostofLucrece(1600),editedbyG.B.Shand 467
‘SimonSmellknave’(pseud.),adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,ThePenniless
ParliamentofThreadbarePoets(1601?/1604),editedbySwapanChakravorty 469
ThomasDekkerandThomasMiddleton,NewsfromGravesend(1604),editedby
GaryTaylor 474
TheNightingaleandtheAnt;and,FatherHubburd’sTales(1604),editedbyAdrian
Weiss 476
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ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheMeetingofGallantsatanOrdinary;or,
TheWalksinPaul’s(1604),editedbyPaulYachnin 491
Plato’sCapcastatthisyear1604,beingleapyear(1604),editedbyPaulYachnin 492
TheBlackBook(1604),editedbyG.B.Shand 493
ThomasDekker,StephenHarrison,BenJonson,andThomasMiddleton,TheWhole
RoyalandMagnificentEntertainmentofKingJamesthroughtheCityofLondon,15
March1604,withtheArchesofTriumph(1604),editedbyR.MalcolmSmuts 498
ThomasDekkerandThomasMiddleton,ThePatientManandtheHonestWhore
(1604),editedbyPaulMulholland 507
ThePhoenix(1607),editedbyLawrenceDansonandIvoKamps 529
MichaelmasTerm(1607),editedbyTheodoreB.Leinwand 535
ThePuritanWidow;or,ThePuritan;or,TheWidowofWatlingStreet(1607),edited
byDonnaB.Hamilton 540
TheRevenger’sTragedy(1607),editedbyMacD.P.Jackson 548
ATricktoCatchtheOldOne(1608),editedbyValerieWayne 562
YourFiveGallants(1608),editedbyRalphAlanCohenwithJohnJowett 575
AMadWorld,MyMasters(1608),editedbyPeterSaccio 586
AYorkshireTragedy(oneofthefour-plays-in-one,calledAll’sOne)(1608),editedby
StanleyWells 592
AndraeasLoeaechius,translatedandadaptedbyThomasMiddleton,SirRobert
SherleyhisEntertainmentinCracovia(1609),editedbyJerzyLimonandDaniel
J.Vitkus 598
TheTwoGatesofSalvation;or,TheMarriageoftheOldandNewTestament;or,God’s
ParliamentHouse(1609),editedbyPaulMulholland 600
ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheRoaringGirl;or,MollCutpurse(1611),
editedbyCoppéliaKahn 610
TheLady’sTragedy[‘TheSecondMaiden’sTragedy’]:ParallelTexts(1611),edited
byJuliaBriggs 619
TheTriumphsofTruth(1613),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 627
TheMannerofhisLordship’sEntertainment(1613),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 629
MasqueofCupids(1613–59),editedbyJohnJowett 630
CivitatisAmor(1616),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 632
WilliamRowleyandThomasMiddleton,AFairQuarrel(1617),editedbySuzanne
Gossett 633
TheOwl’sAlmanac(1618),editedbyNeilRhodes 641
TheTriumphsofHonourandIndustry(1618),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 643
OrazioBusino’sEyewitnessAccountofTheTriumphsofHonourandIndustry(1618),
editedbyKateD.Levin 645
MasqueofHeroes;or,TheInnerTempleMasque(1619),editedbyJerzyLimon 646
ThePeacemaker;or,GreatBritain’sBlessing(1619),editedbyPaulMuholland 648
ThomasMiddletonandWilliamRowley,TheWorldTossedatTennis[ACourtly
Masque](1620),editedbyC.E.McGee 667
TheTriumphsofLoveandAntiquity(1620),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 672
HonourableEntertainments(1621),editedbyAnthonyParr 673
TheSuninAries(1621),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 674
AnInvention(1622),editedbyAnthonyParr 675
TheTriumphsofHonourandVirtue(1622),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 676
ThomasMiddleton,TheTriumphsofIntegrity(1623),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 679
AnthonyMunday,TheTriumphsoftheGoldenFleece(1623),editedbyDavidM.
Bergeron 680
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WilliamShakespeare,adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,MeasureforMeasure:A
GeneticText(1623),editedbyJohnJowett 681
WilliamShakespeare,adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,TheTragedyofMacbeth:A
GeneticText(1623),editedbyGaryTaylor 690
WilliamShakespeareandThomasMiddleton,TheLifeofTimonofAthens,editedby
JohnJowett 704
AGameatChess:GeneralTextualIntroduction,byGaryTaylor 712
AGameatChesse:AnEarlyForm(1624),editedbyGaryTaylor 874
AGameatChess:ALaterForm(1624–5),editedbyGaryTaylor 912
OccasionalPoems(1625–c.1650),editedbyGaryTaylor 992
TheWitch(c.1625),editedbyMarionO’Connor 995
TheTriumphsofHealthandProsperity(1626),editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 1010
AChasteMaidinCheapside(1630),editedbyLindaWoodbridge 1011
ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheBloodyBanquet(1639),editedbyJulia
GasperandGaryTaylor 1020
Hengist,KingofKent;or,TheMayorofQueenborough(c.1645),editedbyGrace
Ioppolo 1029
WilliamRowleyandThomasMiddleton,WitatSeveralWeapons(1647),editedby
MichaelDobson 1062
TheNiceValour;or,ThePassionateMadman(1647),editedbyGaryTaylor 1070
TheWidow(1652),editedbyGaryTaylor 1084
ThomasMiddletonandWilliamRowley,TheChangeling(1653),editedbyDouglas
Bruster 1094
ThomasDekker,JohnFord,ThomasMiddleton,andWilliamRowley,TheSpanish
Gypsy(1653),editedbyGaryTaylor 1105
LostPlays:ABriefAccount,byDorisFeldmannandKurtTetzelivonRosador 1122
ThomasMiddleton,WilliamRowley,andThomasHeywood,An/TheOldLaw
(1656),editedbyJeffreyMasten 1123
MoreDissemblersBesidesWomen(1657),editedbyJohnJowett 1131
Women,BewareWomen(1657),editedbyJohnJowett 1140
NoWit/HelplikeaWoman’s;or,TheAlmanac(1657),editedbyJohnJowett 1149
ThomasMiddletonandJohnWebster,AnythingforaQuietLife(1661),editedby
LeslieThomson 1160
LostPoliticalProse,1620–7:ABriefAccount[AnnalsandFarrago(1735)],by
ThomasCogswell 1166
index to notes on modernization, by trish thomas henley 1167
a selective topical index, by molly hand 1175
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ALPHABETICAL CONTENTS
Full titles, common abbreviations, and alternative titles are all given.
Page numbers refer to the Textual Introduction to each work in Part
IIIor,inthecaseoflostworks,totherelevantnotein‘WorksIncluded
inTheCollectedWorks’.
All’sOne 592 GreatBritain’sBlessing 648
TheAlmanac 1149 *Gypsy 1105
Annals1620–27 438 *‘Hammond’ 1896
TheAntandtheNightingale 476 HealthandProsperity 1010
*Antiquity 672 *Hengist 1029
AnythingforaQuietLife 1160 Hengist,KingofKent 1029
*TheArchesofTriumph 498 *Heroes 646
*Aries 674 *HisLordship’sEntertainment 629
*Banquet 1020 TheHonestWhore,Part1 507
The*BlackBook 493 HonourandIndustry 643
TheBloodyBanquet 1020 HonourandVirtue 676
*‘Bolles’ 1890 HonourableEntertainments 673
*‘Burbage’ 1889 *Hubburd 476
Caesar’sFall 345 *Industry 643
The*Changeling 1094 TheInnerTempleMasque 646
‘CharlesI’ 442 *Integrity 679
*ChasteMaid 1011 An*Invention 1446
AChasteMaidinCheapside 1011 ‘TotheKing’ 1895
TheChesterTragedy 345 ‘TotheworthilyaccomplishedMasterWilliam
*Civitatis 632 Hammond’ 1896
CivitatisAmor 632 *Lady 619
TheConqueror’sCustom 443 TheLady’sTragedy 619
ACourtlyMasque 667 TheLifeofTimonofAthens 704
*Cupids 630 LoveandAntiquity 672
*Dissemblers 1131 *Macbeth 690
‘TheDuchessofMalfi’ 1894 *MadWorld 586
*Entertainments 673 AMadWorld,MyMasters 586
TheFairPrisoner 443 *Magnificent 498
AFairQuarrel 633 TheMagnificentEntertainment 498
Farrago 443 *‘Malfi’ 1894
FatherHubburd’sTales 476 TheMannerofhisLordship’sEntertainment 629
*FiveGallants 575 TheMarriageoftheOldandNewTestaments 600
FriarBaconandFriarBungay 345 MasqueofCupids 630
*Game 874 MasqueofHeroes 646
AGameatChess 874 TheMayorofQueenborough 1029
*Ghost 467 *Measure 681
TheGhostofLucrece 467 MeasureforMeasure 681
God’sParliamentHouse 600 *Meeting 491
*Gravesend 474 TheMeetingofGallantsatanOrdinary 491
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