The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe, Volume III: The Late Plays / Edition 1

by Stephen Bernard, Claudine van Hensbergen

Overview

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era. A fascinating and important yet largely overlooked figure in eighteenth-century literature, he is the ‘lost Augustan’. His plays are important both for the way they address the political and social concerns of the day and for reflecting a period in which the theatre was in crisis. This edition sets out to demonstrate Rowe’s mastery of the early eighteenth century theatre, especially his providing significant roles for women, and examines the political and historical stances of his plays. It also highlights his work as a translator, which was both innovative and deeply in tune with current practices as exemplified by John Dryden and Alexander Pope. This is the first scholarly edition of all Rowe’s plays and poems and is accompanied by 15 musical scores and 31 black and white illustrations.

In this third volume the late plays, The Tragedy of Jane Shore and The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey are presented, along with a newly written explanatory introduction by Claudine van Hensbergen which precedes the full edited text. Appendices covering performance history, the related music and textual apparatus are also included. A consolidated bibliography is included with the final volume for ease of reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138762053
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2016
Series:	The Pickering Masters
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephen Bernard, Claudine van Hensbergen

Table of Contents

Introduction to The Tragedy of Jane Shore and The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey by Claudine van Hensbergen

Publication history and textual note to The Tragedy of Jane Shore and The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey by Claudine van Hensbergen

The Tragedy of Jane Shore edited by Claudine van Hensbergen

The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey edited by Claudine van Hensbergen

Appendix A: Curll’s additions to The Tragedy Jane Shore by Claudine van Hensbergen

Appendix B: epilogues to The Tragedy Jane Shore by Claudine van Hensbergen

Appendix C: the performance history of the late period plays by Claudine van Hensbergen

Appendix D: music to the late plays by Joe Lockwood

Textual apparatus of the late period plays by Claudine van Hensbergen

Editorial Reviews

"[T]he quality of the editorial work is uniformly excellent. The edition also includes a range of appendices containing a wealth of supplementary material including performance listings, prologues and epilogues, and, notably, all extant vocal music for Rowe’s dramas. The scores, beautifully edited by Joe Lockwood, are a significant contribution to our understanding of Rowe’s plays as the importance of music in Restoration and early eighteenth-century drama is often overlooked."

"…the very real contribution of this edition… illuminates Rowe’s literary career and, for the first time, establishes a scholarly text of his works."

- Jean L. Marsden, Review of English Studies

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