The transcription of Lydgate's text has also been published in book form under the title 'Lydgate's Disguising at Hertford Castle', including a modern verse translation of the text, an editor's introduction and notes, and a study of the literary and historical background of the play and of its first performance, which took place at Hertford Castle as part of the royal Christmas festivities of, probably, 1427. It is hoped that this additional material will become available as a Project Gutenberg etext. Readers interested in the book may wish to have its publication details
Lydgate's Disguising at Hertford Castle by Derek Forbes
with Foreword by Glynne Wickham
First published by Blot Publishing, Pulborough, 1998.
Pp. xiv + 82, f'piece, and 4 plate ills.
Decorated and laminated card cover. ISBN 1 900929 03 1.
Retail price in 2000 six pounds GBP.
Copies of the book are available from
Blot Publishing, 8 Chanctonbury, Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3QE, UK.
or from the Society for Theatre Research, c/o The Theatre Museum,
1E Tavistock Street, London WC2E 7PA, UK.
Copies of the book were distributed by the Society for Theatre Research to its members worldwide in 1998, and can be consulted in the libraries of institutions which subscribe to the Society.
[ THE DISGUISING AT HERTFORD ]
[ GLOSSARY, STAGE DIRECTIONS, NOTES ]