| Description |
viii, 1044 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Includes facsimile reproduction of the original or early title-pages of twenty-nine of the thirty plays. The remaining play, The Spanish tragedy, is accompanied by a facsimile reproduction of a letter by Thomas Kyd preceded by a transcription on an unnumbered leaf. |
| Contents |
The arraignment of Paris ; The old wives tale / George Peele -- Endymion / John Lyly -- Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay / Robert Greene -- The Spanish tragedy / Thomas Kyd -- Tamburlaine, part I ; Doctor Faustus ; The jew of Malta ; Edward II / Christopher Marlowe -- The shoemakers' holiday / Thomas Dekker -- A woman killed with kindness / Thomas Heywood -- Bussy D'Ambois / George Chapman -- The malcontent / John Marston -- Eastward ho! / George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston -- Every man in his humour ; Volpone, or the fox ; Epicoene, or the silent woman ; The alchemist ; The gypsies metamorphosed / Ben Jonson -- The Duchess of Malfi / John Webster -- The Knight of the burning pestle ; Philaster ; The maid's tragedy / Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher -- The island princess / John Fletcher -- Beggars' bush / John Fletcher, Philip Massinger -- A new way to pay old debts / Philip Massinger -- The changeling / Thomas Middleton, William Rowley -- A game at chess / Thomas Middleton -- The broken heart / John Ford -- The Cardinal / James Shirley. |
| Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600.
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| Added Author |
Brooke, Tucker, 1883-1946.
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Paradise, Nathaniel Burton, 1895-1942.
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