The Tragedy of Mariam - The Fair Queen of Jewry (Paper) : With the Lady Falkland

PREFACE ix INTRODUCTION 1(62) ELIZABETH CARY'S LIFE AND WORKS 3(14) SUBTEXTS AND CONTENTS FOR MARIAM 17(18) Josephus and Jewish Materials 17(3) Biblical and Historical Herods 20(2) Mystery Play Herods 22(1) Continental and Classicizing Dramas about Herod and Mariam 23(3) English "Closet" Dramas 26(4) The "Social Text" of Henry VIII's Divorce 30(5) CARY'S MARIAM 35(6) The Chorus and Conventional Wisdom 35(3) Structure and Characterization 38(3) MARIAM AND SHAKESPEARE 41(2) THE TEXTS OF MARIAM AND THE LIFE 43(5) The 1613 Quarto of Mariam 43(4) The Manuscript of The Lady of Falkland: Her Life 47(1) EDITORIAL PROCEDURES 48(3) NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION 51(12) PART ONE THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM 63(116) Historical Background to the Events in the Play 63(2) The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry 65(86) Elizabeth Cary Notes to the Play 151(28) PART TWO THE LADY FALKLAND 179(98) Chronology of Elizabeth Cary's Life and Works 179(4) The Lady Falkland: Her Life, by One of Her Daughters 183(94) APPENDIX A PASSAGES FROM LODGE'S TRANSLATION OF JOSEPHUS (1602) 277(6) APPENDIX B TEXTUAL COLLATION FOR MARIAM 283(34) SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 317