This New Mermaids anthology brings together the four most popular and widely studied of Thomas Middleton's plays - _Women Beware Women_; _The Changeling_; _The Roaring Girl_ and _A Chaste Maid in Cheapside_ - with a new introduction by William Carroll, examining the plays in the context of early modern theatre, culture and politics, as well as their language, characters and themes. On-page commentary notes guide students to a better understanding and combine to make this an indispensable student edition ideal for study and classroom use from A Level upwards.