Thomas Middleton: 27 books

« A Chaste maid in Cheapside » is a « city comedy » written in 1613 by Thomas Middleton. The maid at the center of the story is Moll Yellowhammer, the daughter of a rich Cheapside goldsmith. Her father wants to marry her to Whorehund, whom she does not like, whilst she is in love with a man called...

The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography,...

Following the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign in the early seventeenth century, the new court of King James was beset by political instability and moral corruption. This atmosphere provided fertile ground for the dramatists of the age, whose plays explore the ways in which social decadence and the...

Written for the adult players at the open-air Swan theatre in 1613, this master-piece of Jacobean city comedy signals its ironic nature even in the title: chaste maids, like most other goods and people in London's busiest commercial area, are likely to be fake. Money is more important than either...

"The next good mood I find my father in, I'll get him quite discarded†? With these chillingly offhand words, Beatrice-Joanna, the spoilt daughter of a powerful nobleman, plots to get rid of the family servant who has crossed her once too often. The Changeling's vivid tale of sexual appetite,...

London, Soho…1956. Where glamour rubs up against filth, and likes it; where the posh mix with musicians, whores and racketeers; where ‘virginity is no city trade’, and where a dashingly impecunious bachelor in need of quick cash and a good time has to live on his wits. Turning conman to fool...

2 works of Thomas Cooke Middleton American teacher, prefect of studies and archivist (1842-1923) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Thomas Cooke Middleton. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Legends of Longdendale-...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Legends of Longdendale - Being a series of tales founded upon the folk-lore of - Longdendale Valley and its neighbourhood. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This...

Some notes on the bibliography of the Philippines Thomas Cooke Middleton, teacher and librarian (1842-1923) This ebook presents «Some notes on the bibliography of the Philippines», from Thomas Cooke Middleton. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter...

Legends of Longdendale Thomas Cooke Middleton, teacher and librarian (1842-1923) This ebook presents «Legends of Longdendale», from Thomas Cooke Middleton. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book...

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From reviews: "Its warm and familiar style of writing makes it accessible for all. Throughout each of the 29 chapters, there was a real feel that the authors knew what was needed of you... Many of the questions I spent hours flicking through appendices in other books for were clearly answered...

FOR some time after the invasion of Britain by Julius Cæsar (55 B.C.) no proper steps were taken by the Romans to reduce to submission the northern portion of the island. The civil war in Rome, which resulted in the establishment of a monarchy under Augustus, prevented the Romans from making further...