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A Mad World My Masters Paperback - 2014

by Thomas Middleton; Phil Porter (Editor); Sean Foley (Editor)

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Thomas Middleton's outrageous 'city comedy' a brilliantly plotted, farcical satire of lies and lust, translated from Jacobean London to the Soho of the 1950s.

A dashingly impecunious bachelor, Dick Follywit, in need of quick cash and a good time has to live on his wits so turns con-man to fool his rich uncle. He variously becomes a Lord, a high-class call girl and a poor actor. Meanwhile, Truly Kidman, a high-class call girl - poor but quick-witted - needs to fool and then marry a rich young man...

Sean Foley and Phil Porter's edited version of Middleton's play is faithful to the original text but adapts it to fit the seedy world of 1950s Soho, updating character names and including songs of the time to enhance the biting satire of lust and deception in the life of Bohemian London.

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  • Title A Mad World My Masters
  • Author Thomas Middleton; Phil Porter (Editor); Sean Foley (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 88
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication date 2014-04-01
  • ISBN 9781783190195 / 1783190191
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.1 x 0.3 in (20.32 x 12.95 x 0.76 cm)
  • Reading level 840
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Theatrical Aspects
  • Category Plays / Drama
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.3

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Thomas Middleton was a prolific and successful English Jacobean playwright and poet. A contemporary of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Middleton wrote over 30 plays, including A Mad World, My Masters, which was first performed in 1606.

Phil Porter's recent plays include Blink (Soho Theatre), the Bruntwood Award-winning The Cracks in My Skin (Manchester Royal Exchange) and Stealing Sweets and Punching People (Theatre 503 and Off-Broadway). For the RSC he wrote Here Lies Mary Spindler (performed at Latitude Festival). He is currently working on a new play for the RSC.

Sean Foley's recent theatre credits include The Ladykillers (Liverpool Playhouse/West End), currently on an extensive UK tour and What the Butler Saw (Vaudeville)

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