The end of the old drama. Philip Massinger (1583-1640) ; Nathaniel Field (1587-1633) ; John Webster (died c1630) ; Cyril Tourneur (fl. 1603-c1613) ; John Ford (1586-c1640 or post) ; James Shirley (1596-1666) ; Minor dramatists of this period ; Dramatists who wrote both before and after the Civil War and Commonwealth periods ; Academical plays ; Masque-writers of the reigns of James I and Charles I ; Historical review of the period from Shakspere to the Civil War ; The stage under James I and Charles I ; Summary of the literary history of the drama in this period ; Summary of the achievements of our dramatic literature in this periodMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1899 |
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action actors Æsop afterwards allusion appears Beaumont and Fletcher Ben Jonson blank-verse character Charles Charles II Cibber Colley Cibber Collier Congreve contemporary Court D'Avenant D'Avenant's death Dedication dialogue dramatic literature dramatists Dryden Duke edition Edward Ravenscroft Elisabethan English comedy English drama Epilogue Essay fashion favour favourite Fleay Fletcher French Genest genius honour humour Italian Jeremy Collier Jonson King Lady later licensed literary Lord Love Lover's Melancholy Lovers manners masque Massinger Massinger's Molière Molière's moral opera original passage passion performed period personages plot poem poet poetic political printed produced Prologue prose Queen reign Restoration Revenger's Tragedy rime rival romance royal satire says scene seems sentiment seqq Shadwell Shakspere Shirley Shirley's Spanish spirit stage story style success supposed theatre theme Thomas Thomas Heywood tion tragedy tragic Vanbrugh verse wife writer written Wycherley