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- Drama in English From the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century: An Anthology of Plays with Old Spelling
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- 2016
- Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
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 century, with plays from England, Ireland, and the United States of America. The mystery and morality plays of the Middle Ages, Renaissance comedy, tragedy and meta-theater, Restoration and eighteenth-century comedy, tragedy, and ballad opera, nineteenth-century melodrama, and early twentieth century realism and naturalism are all presented with the introductions glossaries and notes suitable for a college level reader by an editor with a quarter of a century of experience teaching courses on the history of drama in English. The plays both reflect their times and critique them, while remaining stageable today. The Wakefield Master, The York Realist, Marlowe, Jonson, Dryden, Wycherley, Gay, Boucicault, Synge, and Shaw are some of the playwrights in this representative collection of plays that reveal both the popular appeal of the English-language theater and the dazzling dramatic artistry it embodied over a period of six centuries. Further the collection is in "old spelling" and is thus a useful sourcebook for those interested in the history of the English language.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xvi
- Noah’s Flood (Chester Cycle)
- pp. 3-13
- Abraham and Isaac (Brome Manuscript)
- pp. 14-25
- The Crucifixion (York Cycle)
- pp. 48-56
- Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker’s Holiday
- pp. 83-141
- Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta
- pp. 142-205
- Ben Jonson, Volpone
- pp. 206-305
- John Webster, The Duchess of Malfy
- pp. 306-390
- John Dryden, All for Love
- pp. 459-531
- William Wycherley, The Plain Dealer
- pp. 532-638
- George Farquhar, The Beaux’ Stratagem
- pp. 639-710
- George Lillo, The London Merchant
- pp. 711-764
- John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera
- pp. 765-816
- Dion Boucicault, The Shaughraun
- pp. 819-880
- John Synge, The Playboy of the Western World
- pp. 881-925
- Bernard Shaw, St. Joan
- pp. 926-1007
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813227887
Related ISBN(s)
9780813227870
MARC Record
OCLC
950519330
Launched on MUSE
2016-05-29
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2016