PREFACE I INTRODUCTION I ELIZABETH CARY's LIFE AND woRKs SUBTEXTS AND CONTENTS FOR MARIAM Josephus and Jewish Materials Biblical and Historical Herods Mystery Play Herods Continental and Classicizing Dramas about Herod and Mariam English "Closet" Dramas The "Social Text" of Henry VIII's Divorce CARY's MARIAM The Chorus and Conventional Wisdom Structure and Characterization MARIAM AND SHAKESPEARE THE TEXTS OF MARIAM AND THE LIFE The r6q Quarto of Mariam The Manuscript of The Lady if Falkland: Her Life EDITORIAL PROCEDURES NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION PART ONE THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM Historical Background to the Events in the Play The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry, by Elizabeth Cary Notes to the Play PART TWO THE LADY FALKLAND Chronology of Elizabeth Cary's Life and Works The Lady Falkland: Her Life, by One of Her Daughters APPENDIX A PASSAGES FROM LoDGE's TRANSLATION OF JosEPHUS (1602) APPENDIX B TEXTUAL COLLATION FOR MARIAM SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.