Elizabethan Drama: Eight Plays

Boisterous and unrestrained like the age itself, the Elizabethan theatre has long defended its place at the apex of English dramatic history. Shakespeare was but the brightest star in this extraordinary galaxy of playwrights. The stage boasted a rich and varied repertoire from courtly and romantic comedy to domestic and high tragedy, melodrama, farce, and histories. The Gassner-Green anthology revives the whole range of this universal stage, offering us the unbounded theatrical inventiveness of the age. Elizabethan Drama is designed to provide the modern reader with complete access to the plays, as well as the beguiling Elizabethan world which was their backdrop. John Gassner's classic introduction is supplemented by his and William Green's superb prefaces to the individual plays. Marginal glosses and footnotes throughout keep the immediacy of the Elizabethan stage within easy reach.

Author: John Gassner
Publisher: Applause Books
Published: 02/01/2000
Pages: 674
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.46w x 1.33d
ISBN13: 9781557830289
ISBN10: 1557830282
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Anthologies (multiple authors)
- Drama | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Performing Arts | Theater | General