About This Book
A collected volume of the playwright's dramatic works presents several tragedies and related pieces in verse that stage tensions between private feeling and public obligation, exploring themes of honor, love, duty, and moral choice. One prominent tragedy at the center dramatizes the conflict between personal affection and civic or familial responsibility through elevated language and decisive actions. The edition includes extensive scholarly apparatus: notices on composition and sources, textual variants and annotations, a lexicon of notable words and locutions, a portrait, and facsimile material. Editorial commentary traces source influences and debates over adaptation and attribution while providing aids for reading historical language and theatrical practice.