Chief pre-Shakespearean dramas; [electronic resource] a selection of plays illustrating the history of the English drama from its origin down to Shakespeare, by Joseph Quincy Adams.

Pt. 1. Sources of the liturgical drama -- The wordless Alleluia sequence -- The Quem-Quæritis trope -- The Easter sepulchre (Depositio Crucis ; Elevatio Crucis) -- Semi-dramatic trope -- pt. 2. Liturgical plays dealing with the story of Christ -- Sepulchrum (The Visit of the Marys) -- Sepulchrum (The Visit of the Marys, and the Race of Peter and John ) -- Sepulchrum (The Visit of the Marys, the Race of Peter and John, and the Appearance to Mary Magdalene) -- Peregrini -- Pastores -- Magi -- Herodes -- Prophetæ -- pt. 3. Liturgical plays dealing with miscellaneous biblical stores, and with the legends of the saints -- Conversio Beati Pauli Apostoli -- Ludus super Iconia Sancti Nicolai -- Tres Clerici -- Adeodatus -- pt. 4. The introduction of the vernacular -- The Sepulchre -- The Wayfarers -- The Shepherds -- pt. 5. The Craft Cycles -- Banns (N. towne) -- The Fall of Lucifer (N. towne ) -- The Creation of Eve, with the Expelling of Adam and Eve out of Paradise (Norwich) -- The Killing of Abel (Wakefield) -- Noah (Wakefield) -- The Deluge (Chester) -- The Sacrifice of Isaac (Brome MS.) -- Pharaoh (Wakefield) -- The Prophets (Chester) -- The Salutation and Conception (N. towne) -- The Birth of Jesus (York) -- The Shepherds (Wakefield) -- The Magi, Herod, and the Slaughter of the Innocents (Coventry) -- Christ's Ministry (Chester) -- The Betraying of Christ (N. towne) -- The Harrowing of Hell (Chester) -- The Resurrection of Christ (Wakefield) -- The Judgment Day (York) -- pt. 6. Non-cycle plays --- Dux Moraud -- The Conversion of St. Paul -- Mary Magdalene -- The Play of the Sacrament -- pt. 7. Moralities -- The Castle of Perseverance -- Everyman -- Mankind -- Wyt and Science -- pt. 8. Folk plays -- Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham -- Robin Hood and the Friar -- Shetland Sword Dance -- Oxfordshire St. George Play -- Leicestershire St. George Play -- The Revesby Sword Play -- pt. 9. Farces -- The Playe Called the Foure PP -- A Mery Play betwene Johan Johan the Husbande, Tyb his Wife, and Syr Johan the Preest -- The Play of the Wether -- pt. 10. School plays -- Roister Doister -- Gammer Gurton's Needle -- pt. 11. Inns of court plays -- Gorboduc ; or, Ferrex and Porrex -- Svpposes -- pt. 12. The court drama -- Damon and Pithias -- Campaspe -- pt. 13. Plays of the professional troupes -- Cambises -- The Famovs Victories of Henry the Fifth -- George a Greene, the Pinner of Wakefield.

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