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FRANCIS BEAUMONT
Born 1584
Died 1616
JOHN FLETCHER
Born 1579
Died 1625
_BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER_
THE WOMANS PRIZE
THE ISLAND PRINCESS
THE NOBLE GENTLEMAN
THE CORONATION
THE COXCOMB
THE TEXT EDITED BY
A. R. WALLER, M.A.
Cambridge:
at the University Press
1910
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
London: FETTER LANE, E.C.
C. F. CLAY, MANAGER
Edinburgh: 100, PRINCES STREET
Berlin: A. ASHER AND CO.
Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS
New York: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD.
_All rights reserved_
CONTENTS
PAGE
The Womans Prize 1
The Island Princess 91
The Noble Gentleman 171
The Coronation 240
The Coxcomb 308
THE
WOMANS PRIZE,
OR
THE TAMER TAM'D.
A Comedy.
The Persons represented in the Play.
Moroso, _an old rich doting Citizen, suitor to_ Livia.
Sophocles, } _Two Gentlemen, friends_
Tranio, } _to_ Petruchio.
Petruchio, _An_ Italian _Gent. Husband to_ Maria.
Rowland, _A young Gent. in love with_ Livia.
Petronius, _Father to_ Maria _and_ Livia.
Jaques, } _Two witty servants to_
Pedro, } Petruchio.
Doctor.
Apothecarie.
Watchmen.
Porters.