Introduction -- Lust's Dominion, or, The Lascivious Queen (1600) / Christopher Marlowe -- The Tragedy of King Richard II (1601) / William Shakespeare -- A Woman Killed with Kindness (1603) / Thomas Heywood -- The Malcontent (1603) / John Marston -- Measure for Measure (1604) / William Shakespeare -- Othello (1604) / William Shakespeare -- Macbeth (1606) / William Shakespeare -- The Revenger's Tragedy (1606) / Cyril Tourneur -- King Lear (1606) / William Shakespeare -- Volpone, or, The Fox (1606) / Ben Jonson -- The Rape of Lucretia (1607) / Thomas Heywood -- Coriolanus (c. 1608) / William Shakespeare -- Pericles, Prince of Tyre (c. 1608) / William Shakespeare -- A Yorkshire Tragedy (1608) / Anonymous (England) -- Cymbeline (c. 1609) / William Shakespeare -- The Maid's Tragedy (c. 1610) / Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher -- The White Devil (c. 1612) / John Webster -- The Duchess of Malfi (c. 1613) / John Webster -- Fuente Ovejuna (c. 1614) / Lope de Vega -- The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest (c. 1616) / Tirso de Molina -- The Witch of Edmonton (1621) / Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, and John Ford -- The Changeling (1622) / Thomas Middleton and William Rowley -- A New Way to Pay Old Debts (c. 1626) / Philip Massinger -- The Maid's Revenge (1626) / James Shirley -- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (c. 1630) / John Ford -- Le Cid (1637) / Pierre Corneille -- The Mayor of Zalamea (c. 1643) / Pedro Calderon -- Tartuffe (1664) / Moliere -- Abdelazer, or, The Moor's Revenge (1676) / Aphra Behn -- Phaedra (1677) / Jean Racine -- Oedipus (1678) / John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee -- Venice Preserved, or, A Plot Discovered (1682) / Thomas Otway -- Oroonoko (1695) / Thomas Southerne -- Turcaret (1709) / Alain-Rene Lesage -- The Tragedy of Jane Shore (1714) / Nicholas Rowe -- The Beggar's Opera (1728) / John Gay -- Tom Thumb (1730) and The Tragedy of Tragedies (1731) / Henry Fielding -- The London Merchant (1731) / George Lillo -- Merope (1743) / Voltaire -- Miss Sara Sampson (1755) / Gotthold Ephraim Lessing -- Douglas (1756) / John Home -- The Disappointment, or, The Force of Credulity (1767) / Thomas Forrest -- The Prince of Parthia (1767) / Thomas Godfrey -- The Mysterious Mother (1768) / Horace Walpole -- The Robbers (1782) / Friedrich Schiller -- The Fatal Deception (1794) / William Dunlap -- The Castle Spectre (1797) / M.G. Lewis -- Appendix A : Lethal poison -- Appendix B : Early trial plays -- Appendix C : Classic revenge tragedies -- Appendix D : Arden of Faversham (1592) / by Anonymous -- Appendix E : The witches of John Masefield and Arthur Miller -- Appendix F : Modern versions of "Jane Eyre."
Summary:
"Audiences throughout the centuries have always been drawn to theatrical productions that feature criminal activity. Playwrights from Sophocles to Anthony Shaffer have been more than willing to satisfy those cravings with productions that feature an assortment of dastardly deeds. Never was this more apparent than in the 17th and 18th centuries, where crime lurked from stage left to stage right and every bloody spot in between. In Blood on the Stage, 1600 to 1800: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem, Amnon Kabatchnik profiles near fifty works of theft, treachery, court intrigue, incest, and murder produced over these two centuries. Among the plays discussed in this book are The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, Horace Walpole's The Mysterious Mother, Friedrich Schiller's The Robbers, and George Lillo's The London Merchant, which was based on an actual case of murder. This volume also includes American plays such as The Prince of Parthia by Thomas Godfrey and William Dunlop's The Fatal Deception. William Shakespeare is also represented with the classics Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. Entries are presented chronologically, and each includes a plot synopsis, production data, opinions by critics and scholars, and biographical sketches of playwrights and key actors. Blood on the Stage, 1600 to 1800 will appeal to theater scholars, researchers, and any who immerse themselves in the genre of suspense, both in print and on stage." -- Publisher's description
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