Types of English drama
By: edited by John W. Ashton ...
Series: Types of English literature
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 750
Subjects: English drama.
Notes: Each selection preceded by a sketch of the author, with bibliography.
Table of contents: title: The mystery play: The play of Abraham and Melchizedek and Lot, with the sacrifice of Isaac.; title: The moral play: Everyman.; title: Romantic comedy: Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, by Robert Greene.; title: The history play: Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe.; title: Realistic comedy: The alchemist, by Ben Jonson.; title: Domestic tragedy: A woman killed with kindness, by Thomas Heywood.; title: The comedy of manners: The way of the world, by William Congreve.; title: Song drama: The beggar's opera, by John Gay.; title: Burlesque drama: The critic, by R. B. Sheridan.; title: Romantic tragedy: A blot on the 'scutcheon, by Robert Browning.; title: Farce: The importance of being earnest, by Oscar Wilde.; title: Realistic tragedy: Anna Christie, by Eugene O'Neill.