The Wise Woman of Hoxton

by Thomas Heywood

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Part of the Nick Hern Books Globe Quartos series, co-published with Shakespeare's Globe, marking their rediscoveries of forgotten plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries.

Thomas Heywood's play The Wise Woman of Hoxton is a city comedy complete with cross-dressing and disguise, dating from around 1605.

The eponymous 'wise woman' is alternately dismissed as a charlatan or cursed as a she-devil, but she outsmarts gullible citizens and rakish gentlemen alike as the action moves through colourful Cheapside and the Exchange to its festive climax in Hoxton.

This edition of the play is edited by Sonia Massai.

  • ISBN10 1854597078
  • ISBN13 9781854597076
  • Publish Date 29 November 2002
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Nick Hern Books
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 164
  • Language English