Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry

Barry Weller is Professor of English at the University of Utah and editor of the dramas in The Complete Poetical Works of Byron. Margaret W. Ferguson is Professor of English at the University of Colorado and author of Trials of Desire: Renaissance Defenses of Poetry (1983).

• PREFACE I INTRODUCTION I ELIZABETH CARY's LIFE AND woRKs SUBTEXTS AND CONTENTS FOR MARIAM Josephus and Jewish Materials Biblical and Historical Herods Mystery Play Herods Continental and Classicizing Dramas about Herod and MariamEnglish "Closet" Dramas The "Social Text" of Henry VIII's Divorce CARY's MARIAM The Chorus and Conventional Wisdom Structure and Characterization MARIAM AND SHAKESPEARE THE TEXTS OF MARIAM AND THE LIFE The r6q Quarto of MariamThe Manuscript of The Lady if Falkland: Her Life EDITORIAL PROCEDURES NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTIONPART ONETHE TRAGEDY OF MARIAMHistorical Background to the Events in the Play The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry, by Elizabeth Cary Notes to the Play PART TWOTHE LADY FALKLANDChronology of Elizabeth Cary's Life and Works The Lady Falkland: Her Life, by One of Her Daughters APPENDIX APASSAGES FROM LoDGE's TRANSLATION OF JosEPHUS (1602)APPENDIX BTEXTUAL COLLATION FOR MARIAM SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY