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Rowley, William (c. 1585?-1626) A Tragedy Called All's Lost by Lust.
London: Printed by Thomas Harper, 1633.
First edition, quarto, lacking final blank (I4); some water staining and spotting to contents, first two leaves repaired with tissue in bottom margin; bound in half red morocco and matching buckram boards; purchased from Seven Gables in 1976; text leaves not washed; 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
All's Lost by Lust, first written between 1618 and 1620, is playwright and actor Rowley's only surviving tragedy. It has been described by scholars as "a tragedy of remarkable frankness and effectiveness," and "crude and fierce." Students of the Elizabethan stage have speculated that Rowley was a person of large stature, as he notably portrayed "fat clowns." In All's Lost, he plays Jacques, the comic relief, described in the Dramatis Personae listed on the back of the title as, "a simple clownish Gentleman, personated by the Poet." (cf. Felix E. Schelling & Edmund Gosse for more on Rowley.)
STC 21425; Greg II 471; Pforzheimer 840; ESTC S116285.
