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Critical edition
Early modern drama
Early modern dramatists
Early modern printed books
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Facsimile edition
John Day
Lansdowne MS 725
Manuscript drama
Renaissance poetry
Thomas Dekker
Product details
- ISBN 9781526189554
- Dimensions: 194 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 2025
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Parliament of Bees is John Day’s best-known dramatic work. It takes the form of a series of twelve dialogues or ‘colloquies’, which describe ‘the actions of good and bad men in these our days’. This edition brings together a photofacsimile of the 1641 quarto edition, a diplomatic transcription of the manuscript copy surviving in BL MS Lansdowne 725, colour plates of this manuscript, and a full introduction describing the manuscript, quarto, variant readings and collated copies.
Amy Leahy is the College Librarian at Emmanuel College at Cambridge University
