Why this topic, why these plays
The plays gathered under "Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600" share a recurring thematic preoccupation that, across 8 different scripts in our archive, has produced a remarkable variety of theatrical solutions. Reading them in proximity to one another is one of the more useful comparative exercises a student of dramatic writing can do, because the contrasts in tone, structure, and resolution show how much choice a playwright really has, even when the underlying subject is the same. The list below collects the works in our library that catalogue indexers identified with this subject; in some cases the connection is overt and in others oblique, but in every case the thematic affinity is real and worth pursuing.
All plays on this topic (8)
- A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 — by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
- A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 — by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
- A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 — by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
- A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 — by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
- The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 2 (of 3) — by Christopher Marlowe
- The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher in Ten Volumes: Volume 01. — by Francis Beaumont
- Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England — by W. W. (Walter Wilson) Greg
- The Puritan Widow — by William Shakespeare