The Tragedy of Mariam

Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean closet drama by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary. First published in 1613, it was the first work by a woman to be published under her real name. Never performed during Cary''s lifetime, and apparently never intended for performance, the Senecan revenge tragedy tells the story of Mariam, the second wife of Herod. The play exposes and explores the themes of sex, divorce, betrayal, murder, and Jewish society under Herod''s tyrannous rule. The comprehensive, illustrated introduction discusses the play in the context of closet drama, female dramatists and in terms of the religious issues it explores, seeing Mariam as a martyr figure. The on-page commentary notes provide further close analysis and explanation, creating an ideal edition for study and teaching.>

About the author

Elizabeth Cary (1585-1639) was an English poet, translator and dramatist. The Tragedy of Mariam (1613) is the first original play in English known to have been written by a woman.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Cary, Cary Elizabeth
• Assisted by: Margaret Bartley (Editor), John Jowett (Editor), Gordon McMullan (Editor), Dr Ramona Wray (Editor), Ramona Wray (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2012
• EAN: 9781904271598
• ISBN: 978-1-904271-59-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 192 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Arden Early Modern Drama; Arden Early Modern Drama; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Shakespeare, English, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Plays / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights