The Dramatic Works of Sir Aston Cokain


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.







DRAMATIC WORKS OF SIR ASTON CO


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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 period


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