Shakespere's predecessors in the English drama

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xix, 551 pages ; 21 cm "A critical inquiry into the condition of the English drama" -- Preface Includes index Introductory -- The nation and the drama -- Miracle plays -- Moral plays -- The rise of comedy -- The rise of tragedy -- Triumph of the Romantic drama -- Theatres, playwrights, actors and playgoers -- Masques at court -- English history -- Domestic tragedy -- Tragedy of blood -- John Lyle --Greene, Peele, Nash and Lodge -- Marlowe