CONTENTS OF VOLUME III:

CHAPTER VIII – THE END OF THE OLD DRAMA
Philip Massinger
Nathaniel Field
John Webster
Cyril Tourneur
John Ford
James Shirley
Minor dramatists of this period
Dramatists who wrote both before and after the Civil War and Commonwealth periods
Academical plays
Masque-writers of the reigns of James I and Charles I
Historical review of the period from Shakespeare to the Civil War
The stage under James I anc Charles I
Summary of the literary history of the drama in this period
Summary of the achievements of our dramatic literature in this period

CHAPTER IX – THE LATER STUART DRAMA
The stage during the Civil War period and the Protectorate
The Restoration and its effects upon the drama
The influence of foreign dramatic literatures upon our own
Other influences affecting the drama of this period
Dramatists who wrote both before the Revolution and after the Restoration
Other dramatists who wrote both before and after the Restoration
Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery
John Dryden
Other dramatists of the later Stuart period
Other tragic dramatists of the period
Comic dramatists of the period
Dramatists whose career extends beyond the reign of Anne
Concluding remarks on the later Stuart drama