Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Life and Repentaunce of Marie Magdalene
The following reprint presents one of the few sixteenth century English dramas still inaccessible in modern type. It is a late morality-play, and neither better nor worse as a piece of literature than most others of its kind. It has, how ever, a peculiar historical interest, as I have indicated in the Introduction which follows, and suggests several problems for consideration. The sketch of the history of the literary treatment of the theme which there follows is merely a sketch in outline and is by no means exhaustive.
The text of this second edition has been completely revised, and now follows that of the copy (probably unique) of the first edition in the possession of Mr. W. A. White, of New York. I have to thank Mr. White for his great kindness in twice letting this copy come into my hands for collation. It is probable that the edition dated 1567, of which there are two exemplars in the British Museum, is but a reissue of the unsold copies of 1566 with the title-page redated, since the same errors of the press seem to occur in both editions.
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