CONTENTS

 

 

 

Nathaniel Richards

            Nathaniel Richards

            His Circle

            His Works

 

Introduction

 

The Play

            Date

            Textual History

Genre

            Title Page Engraving

            Characters

            Themes

            Performance

                        The King’s Revels

                        The Salisbury Court     

                                    History

                                    Staging           

 

The Context

            Sources

The Roman Play

            Political Topicality

            Treatment of Women

Reception

 

Afterlife

 

THE TRAGEDY OF MESSALINA, THE ROMAN EMPRESS

 

Editorial Procedures

 

Works Cited and Further Reading

 

Appendix

A. Commendatory Verses

i)                    Thomas Rawlin’s The Rebellion (1640)

ii)                   Thomas Middleton’s Women Beware Women (1657)