Mermaid Series
The Mermaid Series was a major collection of reprints of texts from English Elizabethan, Jacobean and Restoration drama. It was launched in 1887 by the British publisher Henry Vizetelly and under the general editorship of Havelock Ellis. Around 1894 the series was taken over by the London firm of T. Fisher Unwin. Many well-known literary figures edited or introduced the texts. Some of the plays published had not been reprinted in recent editions, and most had dropped out of the stage repertoire. The name alludes to the Mermaid Tavern in London. There has been a later New  Mermaids Series. The Best Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher. Notes by John Strachey, two volumes (volume I) The Maid's Tragedy - Philaster - The Wild Goose Chase - Thierry and Theodoret - The Knight of the Burning Pestle (volume II) A King and No King - Bonduca - The Spanish Curate - The Faithful Shepherdess - Valentinian The Best Plays of George Chapman. Edited by William Lyon Phelps All Fools - Bussy D'Ambois - The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois - The Conspiracy of Charles, Duke of Byron - The Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron The Complete Plays of William Congreve. Edited by Alexander Charles Ewald The Old Bachelor - The Double -Dealer - Love for Love - The Way of the World - The Mourning Bride The Best Plays of Thomas Dekker. Notes by Ernest Rhys The Shoemaker's Holiday - The Honest Whore - Old Fortunatus - The Witch of Edmonton The Best Plays of John Dryden. Edited by George Saintsbury, two volumes (Volume I) Almanzor and Almahide, or The Conquest of Grenada, parts 1 & 2 - Marriage A La Mode - Aureng-Zebe (Volume II) All for Love - The Spanish Friar - Albion and Albanius - Don Sebastian The Best Plays of George Farquhar. Edited by William Archer The Constant Couple - The Twin Rivals - The Recruiting Officer - The Beaux ' Stratagem The Best Plays of John Ford. Edited by Havelock Ellis The Lover's Melancholy - 'Tis Pity She's a Whore - The Broken Heart - Love's Sacrifice - Perkin Warbeck The Complete Plays of Robert Greene. Edited by Thomas H. Dickinson Alphonsus, King of Arragon - A Looking Glass for London and England - Orlando Furioso - Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay - James the Fourth - George-A-Green, the Pinner of Wakefield The Best Plays of Thomas Heywood. Edited by A. Wilson Verity, introduction by John Addington Symonds "A Woman Killed with Kindness" - "The Fair Maid of the West" - "The English Traveller" - "The Wise  Woman of Hogsdon" - "The Rape of Lucrece" The Best Plays of Ben Jonson. Notes by Brinsley Nicholson and C. H. Herford, three volumes (Volume I) Every Man in His Humour - Every Man out of His Humour - The Poetaster (Volume II) Bartholomew Fair - Cynthia's Revels; or, The Fountain of Self-Love - Sejanus His Fall (Volume III) Volpone; or, The Fox - Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman - The Alchemist The Best Plays of Christopher Marlowe. Notes by Havelock Ellis, series introduction by John Addington Symonds "Tamburlaine the Great Part the First" - "Tamburlaine the Great Part the Second" - "Doctor Faustus" - "The Jew of  Malta" - "Edward the Second" Also includes a biography of Christopher Marlowe and appendices. The Best Plays of Philip Massinger. Notes by Arthur Symons, two volumes (Volume I) The Duke of Milan - A New Way to Pay Old Debts - The Great Duke of Florence - The Maid of Honour - The City Madam (Volume II) The Roman Actor - The Fatal Dowry - The Guardian - The Virgin Martyr - Believe as You List The Best Plays of Thomas Middleton. Introduction by Algernon Charles Swinburne, with Havelock Ellis, two volumes (Volume I) A Trick to Catch the Old One - The Changeling - A Chaste Maid in Cheapside - Women  Beware Women - The Spanish Gypsy (Volume II) The Roaring Girl - The Witch - A Fair Quarrel - The Mayor of Queensborough - The Widow Nero and Other Plays (1888). Edited by H. P. Horne, A. W. Verity, Arthur Symons and Havelock Ellis Nero (anonymous) - The Two Angry Women of Abington (Henry Porter) - The Parliament of Bees (John Day) - Humour Out of Breath (John Day) - A Woman is a Weathercock (Nathan Field)- Amends for Ladies (Nathan Field) The Best Plays of Thomas Otway. Notes by Roden Noel Don Carlos, Prince of Spain - The Orphan - The Soldier's Fortune - Venice Preserved The Best Plays of  Thomas Shadwell. Edited by George Saintsbury The Sullen Lovers - A True Widow - The Squire of Alsatia - Bury Fair The Best Plays of James Shirley. Introduction by Edmund Gosse The Witty Fair One - The Traitor - Hyde Park - The Lady of Pleasure - The Cardinal - The Triumph of Peace The Complete Plays of Richard Steele. Edited by G. A. Aitken The Funeral - The Lying Lover - The Tender Husband - The Conscious Lovers - The School of Action - The Gentleman The Select Plays of Sir John Vanbrugh. Edited by A. E. H. Swain The Relapse - The Provok'd Wife - The Confederacy - A Journey to London The Best  Plays of Webster and Tourneur. Notes by John Addington Symonds The White Devil (Webster) - The Duchess of Malfi (Webster) - The Atheist's Tragedy (Tourneur) - The Revenger's Tragedy (Tourneur, but now usually attributed to Thomas Middleton) The Complete Plays of William Wycherley. Edited by W. C. Ward Love in a Wood - The Gentleman Dancing Master - The Country Wife - The Plain Dealer Online editions. Beaumont and Fletcher I • Beaumont and Fletcher II • George Chapman • William Congreve • Thomas Dekker • John Dryden I • [not found John Dryden II] • George Farquhar • John Ford • Robert Greene • Thomas Heywood • Ben Jonson I • Ben Jonson II • Ben  Jonson III • Christopher Marlowe • Philip Massinger I • Philip Massinger II • Thomas Middleton I • Thomas Middleton II • Nero and Other Plays • Thomas Otway • [not found Thomas Shadwell] • James Shirley • Richard Steele • Sir John Vanbrugh • Webster and Tourneur • William Wycherley