A Game at Chess

Name: A Game at Chess
Author: Thomas Middleton

by Thomas Middleton

Political satire where kingdoms are pawns in a game of divine chess

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Thomas Middleton

Middleton was one of the most versatile and darkly ironic of Jacobean playwrights, excelling in both city comedy and tragedy. Women Beware Women and The Changeling are among the finest tragedies of the period.

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The ChangelingWoman changeling's deception destroys a master and all around her
Women Beware WomenTragedy of lust, murder, and female betrayal within a Italian court
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The Revenger's TragedyJacobean revenge tragedy of bastard seeking retribution through murder