Women Beware Women

Women Beware Women is among the most powerful and adroitly plotted of Jacobean tragedies.  Written by Thomas Middleton, a later contemporary of Shakespeare, the play deals with topics of enduring fascination such as sexual and financial greed, the sexual exploitation of women by a manipulative older woman, murderous revenge and the sexual predatoriness of a man in a position of power.  This edition is designed for the classroom and for the reader interested in the best in Renaissance drama.