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Shakespeare & Contemporaries

This section contains plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. See also Shakespeare books and the Shakespeare Folios series.

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The Alchemist

The Alchemist

By Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson's classic comedy, in a handy pocket edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

An edition of Shakespeare's play in the authoritative and accessible Shakespeare Folios series.

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The Antipodes

The Antipodes

By Richard Brome

An ingenious satirical comedy, often considered playwright Richard Brome's masterpiece and one of the greatest comedies of the Caroline era, presenting a farcically topsy-turvey view of London in the 1630s.

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Arden of Faversham

Arden of Faversham

By anonymous

A domestic tragedy about a woman plotting to have her husband murdered, Arden of Faversham was first published in 1592. Its authorship is unknown, although suggestions include Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.

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As You Like It

As You Like It

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

An edition of Shakespeare's play that offers the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

Bartholomew Fair

Bartholomew Fair

By Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Believe What You Will

Believe What You Will

By Philip Massinger

A Middle-Eastern leader comes out of hiding, and is hounded from state to state by the forces of the Roman Empire who threaten sanctions and ultimately war on anyone who harbours him.

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Cardenio

Cardenio

Shakespeare's 'lost play' re-imagined

By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Edited by Gregory Doran and Antonio Alamo

Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.

The Changeling

The Changeling

By Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

Middleton and Rowley's masterpiece, a tale of murder, lust, seduction and blackmail in the seventeenth century.

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

By Thomas Middleton

A delightfully lewd city comedy by the co-author of The Changeling.

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The City Madam

The City Madam (RSC edition)

By Philip Massinger

A waspish city comedy attacking the vices of hypocrisy, greed, self-indulgence and social pretension.

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The Custom of the Country

The Custom of the Country

By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

A 17th-century play tracing the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land.

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The Devil is an Ass

The Devil is an Ass

By Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.

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The Devil's Charter

The Devil's Charter

By Barnabe Barnes

A Jacobean tragedy narrating the sensational history of the Borgias.

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Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

By Christopher Marlowe

The classic story of the learned Doctor Faustus who sells his soul to the devil.

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Eastward Ho!

Eastward Ho!

By Ben Jonson, John Marston and George Chapman

A collaboratively written City Comedy which sees true love and virtue triumphing over social-climbing, deception and trickery. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.

Edward II

Edward II

By Christopher Marlowe

The political tragedy of a King who indulges his passion and renounces his duties, and ultimately pays the price for forsaking his country.

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Edward III

Edward III

By William Shakespeare

Officially attributed to Shakespeare only in 1998, Edward III is set in the age of chivalry and chronicles the beginning of the 100 Years War. Following the exploits of Edward, the Black Prince, it also acts as a prequel to Richard II.

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