Excerpt from The Tragedy of Hoffmann: Or a Revenge for a Father After the issue of the quarto, 1631, the play seems to have fallen into oblivion; other plays were re printed, but Hofmann was neglected and passed by in silence. In 1852 - more than two hundred years after the first printing - an octavo reprint was made and edited by H. B. L. Here is the title-page Hoffman or, A Revenge for a Father. A Tragedy, by Henry Chettle. Acted, A. D. 1602. Printed, 1631. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book explores the central role of fathers in the plays of Shakespeare and a wide range of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.