The Weeding of Covent Garden

by Richard Brome, Christopher Hapka (Introduction)

From Richard Brome, master of the new seventeenth century "city comedy," comes this wild story of disguised parents, scheming children, drunken Puritans and swordfighting prostitutes, all living in the new and controversial neighborhood of Covent Garden. This Groundling Press edition features a new introduction, textual notes and annotations, and an appendix of additional materials related to the play and to the neighborhood of Covent Garden.

194 pages, Paperback

First published April 3, 2014