Description:
This play written in the early 1600s is an ironic comedy which offers
contrast and comparison with Shakespeare's Macbeth" in its handling of
witchcraft. It includes a biography of the writer, a critical
introduction, discussion of dates and sources and is fully annotated."
Brief description: Thomas Middleton was a prolific and successful English Jacobean playwright and poet. A contemporary of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Middleton wrote over 30 plays including A Mad World, My Masters which was first performed in 1606.