{"product_id":"eastward-ho-9780713639834","title":"Eastward Ho!","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collaborative masterpiece of hilarious city comedy was performed\u003cbr\u003eby the Children of the Revels at the Blackfriars playhouse in 1605. The\u003cbr\u003estory is of an allegorical simplicity that lends itself to satire of\u003cbr\u003ecivic mores and traditions as well as to parody of the sentimental, \u003cbr\u003eidealising London comedy presented at the amphitheatres in the suburbs: \u003cbr\u003eGoldsmith Touchstone, an upright London citizen, has one modest and one\u003cbr\u003eambitious daughter, one righteous and one disreputable apprentice;\u003cbr\u003evirtue is rewarded, ruthlessness comes to grief - and receives a\u003cbr\u003edrenching in the muddy Thames. The introduction to this edition\u003cbr\u003ediscusses various methods of establishing authorship and highlights the\u003cbr\u003eirony of the collaborators' comic vision of contemporary London life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e A\u0026amp;c Black 3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713639834\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Neill is Professor of English, Department of English, \u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand, and editor of the Oxford\u003cbr\u003eShakespeare \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A\u0026c Black 3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40104741830771,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3b4b2f3c-c47c-485f-b758-64c3a0b23f77.jpg?v=1653229557","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/eastward-ho-9780713639834","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}