The date of authorship of the play is uncertain, usually put about 1615–1620. Some critics have argued for the close relationship … 查看更多內容

Middleton's authorship of Hengist has never been seriously questioned, although a few scholars have postulated a contribution by … 查看更多內容

Through most of its existence the play was known by the title that refers to its comic sub-plot, as is true of a few other English Renaissance plays, like Blurt, Master Constable. However, modern scholarship tends to prefer the title from the manuscripts, … 查看更多內容

The play was entered into the Stationers' Register on 4 September 1646, by Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley, … 查看更多內容

The play is an anomaly in Middleton's œuvre, as his only overt history play. Its genre does not prevent the playwright from injecting … 查看更多內容