Women Beware Women: A Critical Guide

Women Beware Women: A critical guide (Continuum Renaissance Drama Guides) Product DescriptionThomas Middleton's intense study of betrayal, corruption, lust and violence, Women Beware Women, is one of the revenge tragedies most commonly studied and performed today. This guide offers scholars and students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, audio and film versions and dramatic and text adaptations. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research.Review"This comprehensive collection of essays, beginning with Andrew Hiscock's historical account of Women Beware Women, combines fresh research, provocative new interpretations and a useful account of performances of one of Middleton's most powerful plays. Such established scholars as Helen Wilcox, Robert C. Evans and Coppelia Kahn join new voices for pioneering work on a major English playwright."--Sanford LakoffAbout the AuthorAndrew Hiscock is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK.