The Family of Love

By Lording Barry

Sophie Tomlinson

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English

Manchester University Press
11 January 2022

Theatre Studies; Plays & playscripts; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Series: The Revels Plays

The Family of Love charts a successful intrigue between the cash strapped Gerardine, and Maria, the sequestered niece of the mercenary Doctor Glister.

Their romance unfolds against the dissection of two citizen marriages, the Glisters’ and the Purges’. Mistress Purge attends Familist meetings independently, arousing her husband’s suspicions about her marital fidelity. Two libertines, Lipsalve and Gudgeon, go in search of sex and solubility (freedom from constipation), receiving more than they bargain for in respect of the latter.

This scholarly edition of The Family of Love marks the first occasion on which the comedy is attributed to Lording Barry in print. It brings together literary and historical discussion with a thorough analysis of the play’s disputed authorship. Tomlinson highlights Barry’s rich vein of burlesque humour in a comedy that combines magic, a trunk, and a mock-court session with vigorous colloquial language.

Edited by: Sophie Tomlinson
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9780719088629
ISBN 10: 0719088623
Series: The Revels Plays
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 11 January 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sophie Tomlinson is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Auckland, in New Zealand Aotearoa

Reviews for The Family of Love: By Lording Barry

‘It’s an excellent edition. The introduction is splendid and the commentary gives readers all the help they could want. Barry could never have imagined that his play would receive such fine, meticulous scholarship four centuries after his death.’ Macdonald P. Jackson, Professor Emeritus, University of Auckland -- .