Thomas May's The Tragedy of Antigone, The Theban Princesse (1631)
The First Modernized and Annotated Edition
Edited by Angelica Vedelago
Booksellers & libraries: | Tudor and Stuart Translations 3 Modern Humanities Research Association
ISBN: 978-1-839542-90-9 (hardback) ISBN: 978-1-839542-91-6 (paperback) ISBN: 978-1-839542-92-3 (JSTOR ebook) Thomas May’s The Tragedy of Antigone, The Theban Princesse was printed in 1631 by Thomas Harper in a single octavo edition for the publisher Benjamin Fisher and was probably composed between 1627 and 1630. As there is no record of performance, some scholars tend to consider it a closet play, thereby connecting it to an elite culture. This first modern-spelling and annotated edition of the first English dramatic adaptation of the Antigone myth in England will contribute to the reassessment of the significance of Thomas May as a playwright. Bibliography entry: Vedelago, Angelica (ed.), Thomas May's The Tragedy of Antigone, The Theban Princesse (1631): The First Modernized and Annotated Edition, Tudor and Stuart Translations, 3 (MHRA, 2026) First footnote reference: 35 Thomas May's The Tragedy of Antigone, The Theban Princesse (1631): The First Modernized and Annotated Edition, ed. by Angelica Vedelago, Tudor and Stuart Translations, 3 (MHRA, 2026), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Vedelago, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Vedelago, Angelica (ed.). 2026. Thomas May's The Tragedy of Antigone, The Theban Princesse (1631): The First Modernized and Annotated Edition, Tudor and Stuart Translations, 3 (MHRA) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Vedelago 2026: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Vedelago 2026: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Thomas-Mays-Tragedy-Antigone-Theban-Princesse-1631 www.mhra.org.uk/publications/tst-3 |
Summer 2026