John Ford\'s tragedy, first printed in 1633, is the first major English play to take as its theme a subject still rarely handled: fulfilled incest between brother and sister.
This new edition uses the same authoritative text, but with notes designed for modern unde.
The Revels plays edition by Derek Roper has been the standard scholarly edition since it appeared in 1975.
It is one of the most studied and performed of all plays of the period, and has been successfully adapted for film and radio.
John Ford\'s tragedy, first printed in 1633, is the first major English play to take as its theme a subject still rarely handled: fulfilled incest between brother and sister