Game at Chess, 1624

This is an edition of Thomas Middleton's A Game at Chess, written in 1624,a political drama played to very large audiences in London for a short periodbefore being closed by the Government because of its satires on contemporarycourt and international personalities and policies. The appearance of thisedition should add much important evidence to the debate about Middleton'scontribution to Shakespeare's plays, given what may be learnt from this firstcomplete text in his own hand. This volume also contains an edited text of thoseportions of another manuscript of the play (in the Huntingdon Library,California) which are in Middleton's hand.Middleton, Thomas H. is the author of 'Game at Chess, 1624' with ISBN 9780197290279 and ISBN 0197290272.