This Revels student edition of Jonson's Volpone has been modernised for the use of students, theatrical producers and actors of the play. The introduction presents new material about Volpone's debt to the popular Reynard beast epic and Italian commedia dell'arte.

In Bartholomew Fair , Jonson satirizes the religious, social and political conflicts of Jacobean England. The play represents the climax to Jonson's great comic period. This edition includes glosses and notes intended to assist students, and examines elements of the play from a feminist viewpoint.

A drama edition of Ben Jonson's famous comedy of London life, dating from 1610.

The revenge play became the most durable and commercially successful type of drama on the Elizabethan stage. This example by Thomas Kyd, who was one of the originators of the genre, brings to life the intrigues of the Spanish court, dramatically juxtaposing romantic passion with violent death.

Ford's tragedy, originally printed in 1633, was the first major English play to take as its theme fulfilled incest between brother and sister.