Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) was a prolific and successful English Jacobean playwright and poet. William Rowley (c. 1585-1626) was an English actor and dramatist best known for works written in collaboration with other dramatists of the Elizabethan period, especially Middleton.

"This edition of The Changeling presents a spaciously printed, modernized text of the play with a very brief introduction and a minimum of commentary and textual annotation."-Notes and Queries