The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Synopsis

Excerpt from The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great: With the Annotations of H. Scriblerus Secundus

Incidentally, this edition may be of some interest to students of the life of Fielding. Because of its peculiar nature, The Tragedy of Tragedies, more than any other plays to which Fielding devoted the first ten years of his career, affords evidence in refutation of the old and commonly accepted theory that Fielding.'s youth was woefully misspent in an uninterrupted sowing of wild oats, and that his plays were dashed off over night on stray tobacco wrappers. In the case of this play, at any rate, such a theory cannot stand.

During the course of this work I have placed myself under great obligations to many of the members of the English staffs at Yale and the University of Minnesota, and especially to Professor George H. Nettleton, whose help from start to finish has been invaluable, and to Professor Wilbur L. Cross, who has made important suggestions concerning certain special phases.

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