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Drama in English From the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century : An Anthology of Plays with Old Spelling / edited by Christopher J. Wheatley.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drama--Collections.
- Drama.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1024 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The Catholic University of America Press, 1930.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- At a time when good editions of drama in English are prohibitively expensive and online texts are unedited and lack the apparatus necessary for students to understand and contextualize the plays, this anthology affordably illustrates every significant genre of drama in the English language from the late fourteenth century to the early twentieth.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. Drama of the Middle Ages; Noah's Flood (Chester Cycle) ; Abraham and Isaac (Brome Manuscript) ; The Second Shepherds Play (Wakefield/Towneley Cycle) ; The Crucifixion (York Cycle) ; Everyman; Part 2. Drama of the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries; Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday; Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta; Ben Jonson, Volpone; John Webster, The Duchess of Malfy; Francis Beaumont, The Knight of the Burning Pestle; Part 3. Drama of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century
- John Dryden, All for LoveWilliam Wycherley, The Plain Dealer; George Farquhar, The Beaux' Stratagem; George Lillo, The London Merchant; John Gay, The Beggar's Opera; Part 4. Drama of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; Dion Boucicault, The Shaughraun; John Synge, The Playboy of the Western World; Bernard Shaw, St. Joan
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2788-7
- OCLC:
- 950519330
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