THOMAS MIDDLETON

A new, authoritative edition of five classic revenge plays As the Elizabethan era gave way to...

London, Soho.1956. Where glamour rubs up against filth, and likes it; where the posh mix with musicians, whores and racketeers; where 'virginity is no city trade', and where a dashingly impecunious bachelor in need of quick cash and a good time has to live on his wits. Turning conman to fool his rich uncle, he variously becomes a lord, a high-cl...