Eastward ho
By: George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston ; edited by R. W. Van Fossen.
Contributors: Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, joint author.; Marston, John, 1575?-1634, joint author.; Van Fossen, R. W. 1927-
Series: The Revels plays
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Manchester [Eng.]; Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Fathers and daughters -- Drama; Apprentices -- Drama; Goldsmiths -- Drama; London (England) -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: Eastward Ho! is a citizen or city comedy about Touchstone, a London goldsmith, and his two apprentices, Quicksilver and Golding. The play is highly satirical about social customs in early modern London, and its anti-Scottish satire resulted in a notorious scandal in which King James was offended and the play's authors were imprisoned. Eastward Ho! also references, even parodies, popular plays performed by adult companies such as The Spanish Tragedy, Tamburlaine and Hamlet. The play's title alludes to Westward Ho! by Thomas Dekker and John Webster who also wrote Northward Ho! in response that year.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Includes facsim. of original t.p.: Eastward hoe, as it was playd in the Black-friers. By the children of her Maiesties Reuels, made by Geo: Chapman, Ben: Ionson, Ioh: Marston. At London, Printed for William Aspley, 1605.