{"product_id":"a-chaste-maid-in-cheapside-9780713650686","title":"A Chaste Maid in Cheapside","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten for the adult players at the open-air Swan theatre in 1613, \u003cbr\u003ethis master-piece of Jacobean city comedy signals its ironic nature\u003cbr\u003eeven in the title: chaste maids, like most other goods and people in\u003cbr\u003eLondon's busiest commercial area, are likely to be fake. Money is more\u003cbr\u003eimportant than either happiness or honour; and the most coveted\u003cbr\u003ecommodities to be bought with it are sex and social prestige. Middleton\u003cbr\u003einterweaves the fortunes of four families, who either seek to marry\u003cbr\u003etheir children off as profitably as possible, to stop having any more\u003cbr\u003efor fear of poverty, or to acquire some in order to keep their property\u003cbr\u003ein the family. Most prosperous is the husband who pimps his wife to a\u003cbr\u003erich knight and lets him support the household with his alimony. Like\u003cbr\u003emany early modern critics of London's enormous growth, this play\u003cbr\u003ewarned: the city is a monster that lives off the money the country\u003cbr\u003eproduces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Middleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713650686\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiddleton, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40174186725491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cdb3c304-8136-4224-a559-653e3bc5574d.jpg?v=1655298683","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-chaste-maid-in-cheapside-9780713650686","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}