| Description |
xxxv, 523 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Family tree of main characters in Shakespeare's history plays -- Plays selected for entry, ordered according to country of origin and period -- The Oxford dictionary of plays -- Index of characters -- Index of playwrights. |
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Categories selected for entry: Ancient Greece -- Ancient Rome -- Oriental classics -- Medieval -- Italian Renaissance -- England and Scotland 1490-1642 --Spanish golden age -- French classical theatre -- Restoration -- Eighteenth century: Britain and Ireland -- Continental Europe -- Romantic period -- Realist drama, comedies, and melodramas: Britain (incl. Irish-born authors writing for the English stage) 1825-1920 -- Continental Europe -- Symbolism, expressionism and non-realistic drama 1880-1920 -- America to 1944 -- Canada and the Caribbean -- Australia and New Zealand -- Africa, India, and Japan -- Ireland post-1880 -- Britain 1910-1956 -- Continental Europe post-1920: France and Belgium -- Italy, Spain and Latin America -- German-language and Scandinavia -- Eastern Europe and Israel -- USA post-1944 -- Britain post-1956. |
| Subject |
Drama -- Dictionaries.
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| ISBN |
0198604173 |
| Standard No. |
9780198604174 |
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