Philaster

1974, hardcover edition, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 152 pages. Beautifully printed. Insightful, 18-page introduction by editor, Dora Jean Ashe. This Renaissance Drama was originally written around 1608. This is a TragicComedy, written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. "Combines a well managed plot, volatile characters, an excellent poetic dialogue, with an amazingly complex wealth of literary traditions and Jacobean attitudes." This is part of the publisher's Regents Renaissance Drama series, which provides "... soundly edited texts in modern spelling, of the more significant plays ... " of the era.