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 Love
William 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