Shakespeare's Predecessors in the English Drama |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. H. Bullen actors allegory artistic audience beauty Ben Jonson blank verse called character Chronicle Chronicle Play classical comedy Court criticism death devil dialogue Doister doth Doubtful Plays dramatists Edward Elizabeth Endimion England English epoch Euphues Euphuism exhibited Faustus genius Gorboduc Greek Greene's hand hath heaven hell Henry Heywood Hieronymo holy Inigo Jones Interlude Italian Italy Jonson King Lady literature London Lord Lyly Lyly's lyric Marlowe Marlowe's Masque Master Miracles Misfortunes of Arthur Mistress moral Moral Plays Mordred Mosbie motive murder noble pageants Pardoner passion performance personages piece play players playwrights poet poetry popular Prince Queen reign rhyme Romantic Drama scene Seneca servant Shakspere Shakspere's soul Spanish Tragedy spirit stage Stukeley style sweet Tamburlaine theatre thee Thomas thou tion tragedy tragic Wendoll wife witch Witch of Edmonton woman women Yorkshire Tragedy youth