Description |
viii, 1044 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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 1 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! / Chapman, Jonson, Marston -- Every man in his humour Volpone, or The fox Epicoene, or The silent woman The alchemist The gipsies metamorphosed / Ben Jonson -- The Duchess of Malfi / John Webster -- The knight of the burning pestle / Beaumont (and Fletcher?) -- Philaster The maid's tragedy / Beaumont and Fletcher -- The island princess / John Fletcher -- Beggars' Bush / Fletcher and Massinger -- A new way to pay old debts / Philip Massinger -- The changeling / Middleton and Rowley -- A game at chess / Thomas Middleton -- The broken heart / John Ford -- The Cardinal / James Shirley |
Analysis |
English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 |
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English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 |
Notes |
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 |
Subject |
English drama -- 17th century.
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600.
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Author |
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.
Knight of the burning pestle.
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Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.
Maid's tragedy.
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Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.
Philaster
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Brooke, Tucker, 1883-1946, editor
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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Bussy d'Ambois.
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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Eastward hoe.
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Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632.
Shoemakers' holiday.
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Fletcher, John, 1579-1625.
Beggars bush.
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Fletcher, John, 1579-1625.
Island princess.
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Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640.
Broken heart
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Greene, Robert, 1558-1592.
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay.
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Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641.
Woman killed with kindness
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Alchemist.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Epicoene.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Every man in his humour.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Gypsies metamorphosed
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Volpone.
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Kyd, Thomas, 1558-1594.
Spanish tragedy.
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Lyly, John, 1554?-1606.
Endymion
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.
Doctor Faustus.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.
Edward the Second.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.
Jew of Malta.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.
Tamburlaine the Great. Part 1
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Marston, John, 1575?-1634.
Malcontent
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Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640.
New way to pay old debts
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Middleton, Thomas, -1627.
Changeling
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Middleton, Thomas, -1627.
Game at chess.
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Paradise, Nathaniel Burton, 1895-1942, editor
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Peele, George, 1556-1596.
Arraignment of Paris.
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Peele, George, 1556-1596.
Old wives' tale
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Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?, author
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Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
Cardinal
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Webster, John, 1580?-1625?
Duchess of Malfi.
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Paradise Paradise. Nathaniel Burton
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LC no. |
33025049 |
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