Title: The changeling
First published: 1653
Description: Considered by critics to be one of the best tragedies of the English Renaissance, The Changeling was written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley and first published in book form in 1653. Beatrice-Joanna is betrothed to Alonzo but in love with Alsemero. She convinces De Flores, who is in love with her, to help her be free of Alonzo - by murdering him. In a comic sub-plot, Alibius' young wife Isabella has two admirers, Franciscus and Antonio, who pretend to be madmen in order to see her.
Subjects: Drama, Fiction, Drama texts: 16th to 18th centuries, Plays & playwrights, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Plays / Drama, English Drama, English, Drama texts, plays, General, Plays, Drama / General, Tragedy, Middleton, thomas, -1627, English drama, history and criticism, 17th century, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)