CONTENTS:

1. STAGE AND DRAMA TILL 1660
     I. Play, Player, Public and Place
        Game and Play
        Players
        Play-places
        High-days and Holy-days
        Roman and Celto-Teutonic Preludes
     II. The Beginnings of English Drama
        The Drama of Christ the King
        The Drama of Christ Crucified
        The Drama of Crime and Punishment
        The Drama of Social Recreation
        Amateurs and Professionals
     III. Reformation and Renaissance
        Academic Drama: Schools, Universities and Inns of Court
        Stage Censorship: Biblical Drama in Transition
        Common Players and Their Play-houses
        Stages, Costumes and Settings
2. ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN DRAMA
3. CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
4. SHAKESPEARE
     His Career and Development
     His Histories, English and Roman
     His Comedies
     His Tragedies
     His Later Plays
5. BEN JONSON
6. THE TRAGEDIES OF WEBSTER, TOURNEUR AND MIDDLETON: SYMBOLS, IMAGERY AND CONVENTIONS
7. THE MASQUE
8. THE RESTORATION THEATRE
9. DRAMA FROM THE RESTORATION TILL 1710