Book of the Month: John John the Husband

The Book of the Month for July, 2012 is John John the Husband. If you’re a member of the Malone Society, take advantage of the great deal and buy a copy of John John today for only £5.00 plus postage! (the regular price is £15) John Heywood’s John John the Husband The jealous husband John John defends his practice of wife beating, … Read more

Featured Volume: The Emperor’s Favourite

Our volume for 2010 is an anonymous play, The Emperor’s Favourite, edited by Siobhan Keenan of De Montfort University. This text, which is printed for the first time, is one of four manuscripts bound together in a single volume in the library of the Newdigate family of Arbury Hall, Nuneaton. This edition establishes a case for … Read more

Upcoming Conference: The Hogge Hath Lost his Pearle

 Jointly with the English Faculty of Oxford, the Society is once again sponsoring a staged (and costumed) play-reading and mini-conference. This will take place in the splendidly re-furbished MBI Al Jaber auditorium in Corpus Christi, Oxford, which some members of the Society will remember as the Old Music Room, on Saturday 22nd September 2012. The … Read more