{"product_id":"a-trick-to-catch-the-old-one-9781526116932","title":"A Trick to Catch the Old One","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition presents a thoroughly reconsidered text based on collation of all known copies of the 1608 quarto, including material unnoticed by earlier editors. Textual analysis draws on detailed internal investigation and the printer's wider practice to propose that relatively improvisational procedures and a paper quota governed \u003cem\u003eA Trick to Catch the Old One\u003c\/em\u003e's printing operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscovery of an overlooked record revises the date of court performance to 1 January 1607, with implications for the play's early history. Critical discussion freshly examines the play's multi-layered ironic texture in relation to issues such as the status of women, marriage's relation to prostitution and vice versa, and the contemporary marriage market. The Courtesan receives special attention in the context of this overarching ironic scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn extensive stage history explores original staging and documents revivals up to 2011. The commentary is the most wide-ranging and comprehensive of all modern editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470064500972,"sku":"9781526116932","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781526116932-a-trick-to-catch-the-old-one.jpg?v=1775210746","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-trick-to-catch-the-old-one-9781526116932","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}