COPIOUS NOTES, BIOGRAPHIES, AND A HISTORICAL
INTRODUCTION.

BB

WILLIAM P. NIMMO:

LONDON, 14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND;
AND EDINBURGH.

1875.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

LIBRARIES
BLOOMINGTON

PREFACE,

ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE BRITISH DRAMA,

JOHN LILLY—

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, .

ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE,

GEORGE PEELE-

CONTENTS.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, .

THE LOVE OF KING DAVID AND FAIR BETHSABE, WITH THE TRAGEDY OF

ABSALON,

ROBERT GREENE-

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, .

THE HONOURABLE HISTORY OF FRIAR BACON AND FRIAR BUNGAY,

BEN JONSON—

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE—

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

THE TROUBLESOME REIGN AND LAMENTABLE DEATH OF EDWARD THE SECOND,

KING OF ENGLAND,

THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF Dr. Faustus,

JOHN MARSTON—

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

ANTONIO AND MELLIDA,

ANTONIO'S REVENGE. THE SECOND PART OF THE HISTORY OF ANTONIO AND

MELLIDA,

PHILIP MASSINGER-

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

THE VIRGIN-MARTYR,

THE DUKE OF MILAN,

A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS,

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

THE LADY'S TRIAL,

THOMAS HEYWOOD-

JAMES SHIRLEY-

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS,

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

THE TRAITOR. A Tragedy,

THE BROTHERS. A Comedy,

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