Book of the Month: The Lincoln ‘Crying Christmas’ Ceremony

Regular price reduced from £15.00 to only £5.00 plus postage. Orders may be placed throughout December until 1 January, 2014. Available to Society members only. DECEMBER:  The Lincoln ‘Crying Christmas’ Ceremony The Mayor commands that this Christmas everyone in the city must make merry and do charitable work or be thrown into a dungeon full of noxious reptiles. Happy … Read more

Book Of The Month: Common Conditions

Regular price reduced from £15.00 to only £5.00 plus postage. Orders may be placed throughout until 10 October, 2013. Available to Society members only. NOVEMBER:  Common Conditions  Sedmond and his sister Clarisia are advised by the vice Conditions to flee the court, as the King seeks their death after banishing their father Galiarbus from Arabia. But the siblings become separated in … Read more

Bursary Funded Research: Staging Daniel’s Cleopatra

This post is the second in our series of guest-authored posts written by scholars who have been awarded funding for their research by the Society. This post was written by Yasmin Arshad, a PhD Candidate at University College London. STAGING DANIEL’S CLEOPATRA I was awarded a 2013 Malone Society Bursary to mount a production of … Read more

Book of the Month: The Wisest Have Their Fools About Them

Regular price reduced from £15.00 to only £5.00 plus postage. Orders may be placed throughout until 10 October, 2013. Available to Society members only.  OCTOBER: The Wisest Have Their Fools About Them Monsieur Silly wants to woo Urina and enlists the help of the witty but penniless student Musophilus. But Musophilus wants Urina for himself. Order you copy today and find … Read more

Book of the Month: The Tragedy of Mariam

Regular price reduced from £15.00 to only £5.00 plus postage. Orders may be placed throughout until 10 October, 2013. Available to Society members only. SEPTEMBER: Elizabeth Cary The Tragedy of Mariam Mariam thinks that her husband Herod is dead. But she’s not too upset as he murdered her grandfather and brother. When Herod actually turns up alive, Salome, Mariam’s sister-in-law from … Read more

Book of the Month: Titus Andronicus

Regular price reduced from £15.00 to only £5.00 plus postage. Orders may be placed throughout entire calendar month. Available to Society members only. AUGUST: William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus Rape, mutilation, insanity, cannibalism, and revenge – find out who gets the last laugh! __________ The Society’s edition reproduces the unique Folger copy of the play’s first quarto. __________ This offer … Read more

Book of the Month: The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll

Malone Society Book Of The Month Regular price reduced from £15.00 to only £5.00 plus postage. Available to Society members only. JULY:  The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll Cruel fathers with rebellious children, mixed-up fairies, and love potions gone wrong. Sound familiar? There’s more confusion in the forest in this hilarious comedy! The Society’s edition is … Read more

Praise for The Humorous Magistrate

The 2011 Malone Society Reprints, which all our members received for free in 2012, afford the welcome opportunity to compare two manuscript versions of a fascinating play. Praise for The Humorous Magistrate (Osborne) edited by Jacqueline Jenkins and Mary Polito and The Humorous Magistrate (Arbury) edited by Margaret Jane Kidnie: “Malone conventions capture various aspects … Read more

Book of the Month: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Malone Society Book Of The Month Regular price reduced from £15.00 to only £5.00 plus postage. Available to Society members only. JUNE:  William Shakespeare 
A Midsummer Night’s Dream __________ The Society’s edition is a photofacsimile reproduction of the Henry E. Huntington Library’s copy of the First Quarto of 1600 (STC 22302), which was printed, from Shakespeare’s … Read more