William Rowley

A Match at Mid-night. a Pleasant Com Die: As It Hath Been Acted by the Childrene of the Revels. Written by W. R. [i.e. William Rowley.]

Publisher Marketing: Title: A Match at Mid-night. A pleasant com die: as it hath been acted by the Childrene of the Revels. Written by W. R. [i.e. William Rowley.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Rowley, William 1633 4 . 644.c.14. Contributor Bio:  Rowley, William John Ford (1586-1639) was an English playwright whose works have often been cited as examples of the 'decadence' of Caroline Drama. In the 19th century he was admired by Charles Lamb but attacked by William Hazlitt and others, who accused him of lacking a sense of morality. However, many 20th-century critics have praised his insight into character and his skill in writing dialogueHis best known play is the bloody tragedy '"Tis Pity She's a Whore" (1627). Other works inlcude "Love's Sacrifice "(1627), the tragicomedy "The Lover's Melancholy" (1628), and "Perkin Warbeck "(1634), described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the very best historical plays in the whole of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama."