Dick of Devonshire / by Thomas Heywood ; edited by Kate Ellis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heywood, Thomas, 1570-1650, author.

Contributor:

Ellis, Kate, 1953- editor.

Series:

Revels plays

The revels plays

Language:

English

Genre:

Action and adventure plays

Drama

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

illustrations

black and white

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024

Summary:

"Dick of Devonshire by Thomas Heywood dramatises England’s disastrous 1625 Cadiz expedition through the story of a foot-soldier turned national hero. For the first time, The Revels Plays publishes a scholarly modern-spelling edition of this unduly overlooked play, together with an anthology of its source material. The play, written in 1626, exists in only one contemporary manuscript, now contained in MS Egerton 1994. There is no evidence that the work was printed or performed in its time, and until now, its authorship has remained uncertain. Ellis’s critical introduction analyses new data that uncovers the play’s authorship, playing company, and playhouse for the first time, as well as exploring the occasion of the play, its textual and theatrical histories, and its stagecraft. Commentary notes guiding the modern reader include explanatory glosses, literary references, and notes on historical context"-- De Gruyter Brill

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed July 17, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Heywood, Thomas, 1570-1650 Dick of Devonshire

ISBN:

9781526189660

1526189666

OCLC:

1518027834

Publisher Number:

CIPO000179064

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license