Women Beware Women

By Middleton, Thomas

Book Id: WPLBN0002950181
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File Size: 86.68 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Women Beware Women
Author:	Middleton, Thomas
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Language:	English
Subject:	Dramatic Works, Play, Tragedy
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Women Beware Women
Historic Publication Date:	1657
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Middleton, B. T. (1657). Women Beware Women. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
Thomas Middleton's masterful 17th century tragedy is packed with adultery, incest, intrigue, revenge, and inventive methods for murder. Leantio elopes with Bianca against her family's wishes and tries to hide her in the house he shares with his widowed mother. Yet the Duke sees Bianca at the window and is powerfully attracted to her, threatening Leantio's security. Livia, a wealthy widow, delights in intrigue, aiding the Duke to satisfy his desires with Bianca, and bringing together her brother Hippolito with her niece Isabella, despite their familial relationship. Yet even Livia is not immune to love. The final play-within-a-play in Act 5, one of the goriest and most sensational conclusions to a Jacobean tragedy, is also (like the play as a whole) laced with dark humor. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Play, Tragedy