This critical edition is the first to present the complete works of James Shirley, one of the most significant dramatic writers of the late English Renaissance. Volume 7 contains four plays written between c. 1636 and 1639, showcasing Shirley's full generic range: The Constant Maid, The Doubtful Heir, The Gentleman of Venice and The Politician.
This critical edition is the first to present the complete works of James Shirley, one of the most significant dramatic writers of the late English Renaissance. Volume 7 contains four plays written between c. 1636 and 1639, showcasing Shirley's full generic range: The Constant Maid, The Doubtful Heir, The Gentleman of Venice and The Politician.
Eugene Giddens is Skinner-Young Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at Anglia Ruskin University. He is author of How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text (CUP, 2011). He is Associate Editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson (2012), edited Timon of Athens for The Norton Shakespeare (2015), and his Revels Plays Hyde Park is forthcoming with Manchester University Press. He also publishes widely on children's literature, most recently Christmas Books for Children (CUP, 2019). Teresa Grant is Associate Professor in Renaissance Theatre at the University of Warwick. She has published on early modern theatre and Renaissance culture, including (as co-editor) English Historical Drama (Palgrave, 2007), Seneca in the English Tradition (CRCL, 2013), and Real Animals on the Stage (Routledge, 2020).
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The Constant Maid The Doubtful Heir The Gentleman of Venice The Politician
