Mermaid Series - The Best Plays of James Shirley

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

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    Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.
    Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:9.

    RSV translation reads, “Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.”

    They stoop to fate,
    And must give up their murmuring breath,
    When they, pale captives, creep to death.
    —James Shirley (1596–1666)