A Mad World, My Masters
Mad World, My Masters, A,a comedy by T. Middleton , written 1604 – 7 , printed 1608 .
In a complex plot of deceits and disguises, the impecunious young Follywit seeks to pre-empt his inheritance by robbing his wealthy old grandfather, Sir Bounteous Progress; and Penitent Brothel seeks to seduce the wife of the jealous and suspicious citizen Hairbrain. A courtesan, Gullman , the mistress of Sir Bounteous , plays a part in both actions, and in the last act Follywit (who has married her, believing her to be a virgin) finds himself the gull, married to his grandfather's whore. But she protests reform, Sir Bounteous generously endows the young couple, and all ends reasonably happily. There is an edition by S. Henning ( 1965 ).
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