Books by Thomas Dekker

One of the great collaborative works of the Jacobean age, issued alongside a major revival by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A hilarious city comedy by the authors of A Mad World, My Masters and The Shoemaker's Holiday.

First published in 1905, this edition of Thomas Dekker's The Seven Deadly Sinnes of London provides the original 1606 text in its totality. Beautifully presented, this book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Dekker's writings and English Renaissance literature in general.

Originally published in 1953, this was the first edition of Dekker's plays to appear in print since the late nineteenth century. Thus, for many years prior, Dekker had been the least accessible of the prominent Elizabethan dramatists, with the result that his anthologized plays had received undue attention at the expense of other highly readable works of the second rank.

One of the most popular Elizabethan plays, The Shoemaker's Holiday is one of the earliest examples of 'citizen comedy' plays set in London and dealing with the dominant concerns of metropolitan society - class mobility, sexual intrigue and the pursuit of wealth and status.

This volume offers excellent value by bringing together four of the most popular, most frequently studied and performed, city comedies by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson and their contemporaries. Each of the plays features tradesmen - a shoemaker, goldsmith, merchant, shop-keepers - and depicts bustling city life.

This edition of the multi-authored text The Witch of Edmonton offers a thorough reconsideration of the text, comprehensive notes and glossary, together with a complete transcription of the original pamphlet by Henry Goodcole.