Representative English plays from the miracle plays to Pinero
By: Edited with introduction and notes by J.S.P. Tatlock and the late R.G. Martin
Edition: 2d ed., rev. and enl.
Publisher: Appleton
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 914
Subjects: English drama
Table of contents: title: The middle ages: 1. The miracle play: Noah's flood. Abraham and Issac. The second shepherds' play. 2. The morality: Everyman.; title: The Elizabethan period: Mother Bomble, by Lyly. The troublesome reign and lamentable death of Edward the Second, by C. Marlowe. The Shoemakers' holiday; or, The gentle craft, by t. Dekker. A woman killed with kindness, by t. Heywood. Philaster; or, Love lies a-bleeding, by F. Beaumont and J. Fletcher. The alchemist, by B. Jonson. The Duchess of Malfi, by J. Webster. The wild-goose chase, by J. Fletcher. The changeling, by t. Middleton and W. Rowley.; title: The restoration: Almanzor and Almahide; or, The conquest of Granada, by J. Dryden. Venice preserved; or, A plot discovered, by t. Otway. The way of the world, by W. Congreve.; title: The eighteenth century: Cato, by J. Addison. The conscious lovers, by Sir R. Steele. The tragedy of tragedies; or, The life and death of Tom Thumb the Great, by H. Fielding. She stoops to conquer; or, The mistakes of a night, by O. Goldsmith. The school for scandal, by R.B. Sheridan.; title: The nineteenth century: The Cenci, by P.B. Shelley. The lady of Lyons; or, Love and pride, by E. Bulwer-Lytton. A blot in the 'scutcheon, by R. Browning. Lady Windermere's fan, by O. Wilde.; title: Bibliography (p. 835-838).