For Jacobean society, witchcraft was a potent and very real force, an area of sharp controversy in which King James I himself participated and a phenomenon that attracted many dramatists and writers. The three plays in this book - Sophonisba, The Witch and The Witch of Edmonton - reflect the variety of belief in witches and practice of witchcraft in the Jacobean period. Jacobean understanding of witchcraft is illuminated by the close study of these contrasting texts in relation to each other and to other contemporary works: The Masque of Queenes; Dr Faustus; Macbeth and The Tempest. The introduction and detailed commentaries explore the considerable theatrical potential of plays which, with the exception of The Witch of Edmonton, have been hitherto lost to the dramatic repertory.
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Syphax. Syphax, Syphax! Why wast thou cursed a king? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Frank Thorney, Elizabeth Sawyer, Young Banks, Sir Arthur, Old Carter, Old Thorney, Old Banks, First Dancer, Second Dancer, Hanno Magnus, Master Thorney, Mother Sawyer, Anne Ratcliffe, Third Dancer, Bartholomew Fair, Father Sawgut, First Countryman, Katherine's Dock, Master Somerton, Ram Alley, Apollo Pythian, Crooked Lane, Cuckold's Haven, Enville Chase, Fourth Dancer New!
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Syphax. Syphax, Syphax! Why wast thou cursed a king? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
textual collation, infernal music, bawdy innuendo, nomen tuum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Frank Thorney, Elizabeth Sawyer, Young Banks, Sir Arthur, Old Carter, Old Thorney, Old Banks, First Dancer, Second Dancer, Hanno Magnus, Master Thorney, Mother Sawyer, Anne Ratcliffe, Third Dancer, Bartholomew Fair, Father Sawgut, First Countryman, Katherine's Dock, Master Somerton, Ram Alley, Apollo Pythian, Crooked Lane, Cuckold's Haven, Enville Chase, Fourth Dancer New!
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- The Witch of Edmonton (New Mermaids) by Thomas Dekker on 7 pages
- Women Beware Women, Second Edition (New Mermaids) by Thomas Middleton on 4 pages
- The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Dover Occult) by Reginald Scot in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Witchcraft in Old and New England by George Lyman Kittredge in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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