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The Witch is a Jacobean play, a tragicomedy written by Thomas Middleton. The play was acted by the King's Men at the Blackfriars Theatre. It is thought to have been written between 1613 and 1616; [1] [2] it was not printed in its own era, and existed only in manuscript until it was published by Isaac Reed in 1778.
Middleton' s The Witch: Witchcraft and the Domestic Female Hero. James R. Keller. In an article published in 1983, Anne Lancashire urged a réévaluation and careful analysis of Thomas Middleton's The Witch (1616), arguing that the play, though flawed, has many merits which have gone unrecognized (161-82).
In the 1610s, Middleton began a fruitful collaboration with the actor William Rowley, producing Wit at Several Weapons and A Fair Quarrel. Working alone in 1613, Middleton produced a comic masterpiece: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside.
The Witch. Thomas Middleton. The Scene: Ravenna. The Persons. DUKE L[ORD] GOVERNOR. SEBASTIAN, contracted to Isabella FERNANDO, his friend ANTONIO, husband to Isabella ABBERZANES, a gentleman, neither honest, wise, nor valiant ALMACHILDES, a fantastical gentleman GASPERO } HERMIO } servants to Antonio FIRESTONE, the clown and Hecate's son [BOY ...
The Witch (1615/16?), categorised by its author as 'a tragi-comedy', pits the intrigues of a group of Italian aristocrats against the malevolent practices of Hecate and her witches' coven,...
Thomas Middleton’s A Tragi-Comedie called The Witch A Playgoer’s Guide "There's one comes down to fetch his dues, A kiss, a coll, a sip of blood, And why thou stay'st so long I muse, I muse, Since the air's so sweet and good.” About Thomas Middleton Thomas Middleton was an English dramatist during the reign of King James I. He was born
This edition of Thomas Middleton’s The Witch reproduces the Bodleian Library manuscript (Malone 12). The text included here is a transcription of Malone Society Reprints vol. 89, 1948 (Oxford University Press, 1950), prepared by W.W. Greg and the General Editor (F.P. Wilson). The edition, including a full textual introduction not included ...
