کتاب The Devil is an Ass and Other Plays Original From the Back Cover Following the widelyacclaimed staging of The Devil is an Ass by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 199596 this authoritative edition is now available in paperback with a new Preface about the production In his introduction Peter Happe looks at the special place of the play in Jonsons own life his interest in London the theatrical setting of the play and its sources and analogues There are critical and explanatory commentaries and a glossarial index No other edition covers such a range of material The play is seen in its historical and political context by linking it with late medieval and Elizabethan plays as well as with the Jacobean stage The text is meticulously and reliably edited with modernised spelling for todays reader A commentary is provided to explain difficult or specially significant passages The stage history of the play also includes recent productions About the Author Ben Jonson contributed to Every Man Out of His Humour Bartholomew Fair The Staple of News Volpone and Sejanus His Fall all from Manchester University Press About this title may belong to another edition of this title