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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
BEN JONSON
By ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE, M. A. , Ph. D. (Harvard), Professor of
English in Columbia University, New York
PAGK
Ben Jonson's character and friendships. Early life. Production of
Every Man in His Humour. Maturity. Prosperity. Later years.
Eminence in letters. Epigrams. The Forest. Underwoods. The
Sad Shepherd. Early Plays. His Programme of Reform. Every
Man in His Humour. Every Man out of His Humour. His
Tragedies. Yolpone, Epicoene. The Alchemist. Bartholomew
Fayre. His later Comedies. His place in Literature
1
CHAPTER II
CHAPMAN, MARSTON, DEKKER
By W. MACNEILE Dixon, M. A. (Dublin), Litt. D. (Glasgow), Professor
of English Language and Literature in the University of Glasgow
Chapman's life. Shakespeare and the 'Rival Poet! Didactic nature
of Chapman's Poetry. His Comedies. His Historic Tragedies.
Bussy D'Ambois. The Revenge. Chapman's Homer. Marston's
life. His prominence in the War of the Theatres. Quarrel with
Jonson. Assaults and Counter-assaults. End of the quarrel.
Marston's Tragedies. Antonio and Mellida. The Malcontent.
Eastward Hoe. The Fawne. His other Plays. Withdrawal from
theatrical life. Dekker's early activities. Value of his work. His
Comedies. The Shomakers Holiday. Old Fortunatus. The
Honest Whore. His Collaborators. His place as a Dramatist.
Importance of his prose work
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CHAPTER III
PAGE
MIDDLETON AND ROWLEY
By ARTHUR SYMONS
Biographical details. Middleton's non-dramatic work. His first Plays.
The Mayor of Quinborough. The Old Law. Blurt Master-
Constable. His farcical Comedies: their character and material.
His realism. Fluency and naturalness of his work. His Collabora-
tors. Plays by Rowley alone; their sincerity and nobility of aim.
Rowley's influence on Middleton. A Faire Quarrell. The World
tost at Tennis. The Changeling. Later Plays by Middleton.
His dramatic genius
58
CHAPTER IV
THOMAS HEYWOOD
By A. W. WARD, Litt. D. , F. B. A. , Master of Peterhouse
Thomas Heywood as the servant of public taste. His special work in
Domestic Drama. His life: London and Court associations. His
point of view as a Playwright. His non-dramatic works. The
Apology for Actors. His Plays. A Woman Kilde with Kind-
nesse. Elizabethan Domestic Dram a. Early attempts at realistic
treatment. The Murder Plays. Changes in the social system and
their effect on the Drama. Heywood's picture of English country
life. The Royall King, and The Loyall Subject. The Fair Maid
Of The West. Other Plays. His work in collaboration with others.
His qualities as a Dramatist
81
.
CHAPTER V
BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER
By G. C. MACAULAY, M. A. , late Fellow of Trinity College,
University Lecturer in English
New influences on the Drama. Abandonment of Tragedy for Tragi-
comedy. Lowering of moral standards. Contemporary apprecia-
tion of Beaumont and Fletcher's work. Biographies and early
intimacy of the two Dramatists. Individual characteristics. Evi-
dence as to authorship. Fletcher's Metrical Style: comparison
with that of Shakespeare. Features assignable to Beaumont.
Massinger's collaboration with Fletcher. Excellence of Fletcher's
stage effects. His weakness in characterisation. Sources of his
plays. Rapidity of production. Classification of the Plays.
Tragedies. Romantic Dramas. Comedies. Qualities of language
and style in Beaumont and Fletcher's plays
107
Appendix. List of Beaumont and Fletcher's Plays, with indications
of probable authorship and chief sources
137
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CHAPTER VI
PHILIP MASSINGER
PAGE
By EMIL KOEPPEL, Professor of English Philology in the
University of Strassburg
Massinger's life. Biographical value of his Dedications. His relations
with the Herberts. Literary friends. Joint workmanship with
Fletcher and others. His independent Dramas. Some Political
Dramas of the time. Massinger's political opinions. His religious
sympathies. His literary models: Shakespeare, Fletcher, Jonson.
His constructive art. Typical situations. His women.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
BEN JONSON
By ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE, M. A. , Ph. D. (Harvard), Professor of
English in Columbia University, New York
PAGK
Ben Jonson's character and friendships. Early life. Production of
Every Man in His Humour. Maturity. Prosperity. Later years.
Eminence in letters. Epigrams. The Forest. Underwoods. The
Sad Shepherd. Early Plays. His Programme of Reform. Every
Man in His Humour. Every Man out of His Humour. His
Tragedies. Yolpone, Epicoene. The Alchemist. Bartholomew
Fayre. His later Comedies. His place in Literature
1
CHAPTER II
CHAPMAN, MARSTON, DEKKER
By W. MACNEILE Dixon, M. A. (Dublin), Litt. D. (Glasgow), Professor
of English Language and Literature in the University of Glasgow
Chapman's life. Shakespeare and the 'Rival Poet! Didactic nature
of Chapman's Poetry. His Comedies. His Historic Tragedies.
Bussy D'Ambois. The Revenge. Chapman's Homer. Marston's
life. His prominence in the War of the Theatres. Quarrel with
Jonson. Assaults and Counter-assaults. End of the quarrel.
Marston's Tragedies. Antonio and Mellida. The Malcontent.
Eastward Hoe. The Fawne. His other Plays. Withdrawal from
theatrical life. Dekker's early activities. Value of his work. His
Comedies. The Shomakers Holiday. Old Fortunatus. The
Honest Whore. His Collaborators. His place as a Dramatist.
Importance of his prose work
29
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CHAPTER III
PAGE
MIDDLETON AND ROWLEY
By ARTHUR SYMONS
Biographical details. Middleton's non-dramatic work. His first Plays.
The Mayor of Quinborough. The Old Law. Blurt Master-
Constable. His farcical Comedies: their character and material.
His realism. Fluency and naturalness of his work. His Collabora-
tors. Plays by Rowley alone; their sincerity and nobility of aim.
Rowley's influence on Middleton. A Faire Quarrell. The World
tost at Tennis. The Changeling. Later Plays by Middleton.
His dramatic genius
58
CHAPTER IV
THOMAS HEYWOOD
By A. W. WARD, Litt. D. , F. B. A. , Master of Peterhouse
Thomas Heywood as the servant of public taste. His special work in
Domestic Drama. His life: London and Court associations. His
point of view as a Playwright. His non-dramatic works. The
Apology for Actors. His Plays. A Woman Kilde with Kind-
nesse. Elizabethan Domestic Dram a. Early attempts at realistic
treatment. The Murder Plays. Changes in the social system and
their effect on the Drama. Heywood's picture of English country
life. The Royall King, and The Loyall Subject. The Fair Maid
Of The West. Other Plays. His work in collaboration with others.
His qualities as a Dramatist
81
.
CHAPTER V
BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER
By G. C. MACAULAY, M. A. , late Fellow of Trinity College,
University Lecturer in English
New influences on the Drama. Abandonment of Tragedy for Tragi-
comedy. Lowering of moral standards. Contemporary apprecia-
tion of Beaumont and Fletcher's work. Biographies and early
intimacy of the two Dramatists. Individual characteristics. Evi-
dence as to authorship. Fletcher's Metrical Style: comparison
with that of Shakespeare. Features assignable to Beaumont.
Massinger's collaboration with Fletcher. Excellence of Fletcher's
stage effects. His weakness in characterisation. Sources of his
plays. Rapidity of production. Classification of the Plays.
Tragedies. Romantic Dramas. Comedies. Qualities of language
and style in Beaumont and Fletcher's plays
107
Appendix. List of Beaumont and Fletcher's Plays, with indications
of probable authorship and chief sources
137
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Contents
vii
CHAPTER VI
PHILIP MASSINGER
PAGE
By EMIL KOEPPEL, Professor of English Philology in the
University of Strassburg
Massinger's life. Biographical value of his Dedications. His relations
with the Herberts. Literary friends. Joint workmanship with
Fletcher and others. His independent Dramas. Some Political
Dramas of the time. Massinger's political opinions. His religious
sympathies. His literary models: Shakespeare, Fletcher, Jonson.
His constructive art. Typical situations. His women. His lovers.
His villains. His comical figures. His style: preponderance of
the rhetorical element. His repetitions. Contemporary and post-
humous reputation. Massinger in Germany
141
CHAPTER VII
TOURNEUR AND WEBSTER
By C. E. VAUGHAN, M. A. , Balliol College, Oxford, Professor of
English Literature in the University of Leeds
Meagreness of biographical details. Tourneur's two Tragedies. John
Webster: periods of his literary activity. Collaboration with
Dekker and Marston, West-Ward Hoe and North-Ward Hoe.
Webster's original work. The White Divel: question of its
sources: possibility of originality in the plot. Advance on his
earlier work. The theme of Revenge as handled by Elizabethan
Dramatists. The Dutchesse Of Malfy; its source and date; ad-
vance in representation and motif.
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AND
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
BEN JONSON
By ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE, M. A. , Ph. D. (Harvard), Professor of
English in Columbia University, New York
PAGK
Ben Jonson's character and friendships. Early life. Production of
Every Man in His Humour. Maturity. Prosperity. Later years.
Eminence in letters. Epigrams. The Forest. Underwoods. The
Sad Shepherd. Early Plays. His Programme of Reform. Every
Man in His Humour. Every Man out of His Humour. His
Tragedies. Yolpone, Epicoene. The Alchemist. Bartholomew
Fayre. His later Comedies. His place in Literature
1
CHAPTER II
CHAPMAN, MARSTON, DEKKER
By W. MACNEILE Dixon, M. A. (Dublin), Litt. D. (Glasgow), Professor
of English Language and Literature in the University of Glasgow
Chapman's life. Shakespeare and the 'Rival Poet! Didactic nature
of Chapman's Poetry. His Comedies. His Historic Tragedies.
Bussy D'Ambois. The Revenge. Chapman's Homer. Marston's
life. His prominence in the War of the Theatres. Quarrel with
Jonson. Assaults and Counter-assaults. End of the quarrel.
Marston's Tragedies. Antonio and Mellida. The Malcontent.
Eastward Hoe. The Fawne. His other Plays. Withdrawal from
theatrical life. Dekker's early activities. Value of his work. His
Comedies. The Shomakers Holiday. Old Fortunatus. The
Honest Whore. His Collaborators. His place as a Dramatist.
Importance of his prose work
29
321851
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Contents
CHAPTER III
PAGE
MIDDLETON AND ROWLEY
By ARTHUR SYMONS
Biographical details. Middleton's non-dramatic work. His first Plays.
The Mayor of Quinborough. The Old Law. Blurt Master-
Constable. His farcical Comedies: their character and material.
His realism. Fluency and naturalness of his work. His Collabora-
tors. Plays by Rowley alone; their sincerity and nobility of aim.
Rowley's influence on Middleton. A Faire Quarrell. The World
tost at Tennis. The Changeling. Later Plays by Middleton.
His dramatic genius
58
CHAPTER IV
THOMAS HEYWOOD
By A. W. WARD, Litt. D. , F. B. A. , Master of Peterhouse
Thomas Heywood as the servant of public taste. His special work in
Domestic Drama. His life: London and Court associations. His
point of view as a Playwright. His non-dramatic works. The
Apology for Actors. His Plays. A Woman Kilde with Kind-
nesse. Elizabethan Domestic Dram a. Early attempts at realistic
treatment. The Murder Plays. Changes in the social system and
their effect on the Drama. Heywood's picture of English country
life. The Royall King, and The Loyall Subject. The Fair Maid
Of The West. Other Plays. His work in collaboration with others.
His qualities as a Dramatist
81
.
CHAPTER V
BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER
By G. C. MACAULAY, M. A. , late Fellow of Trinity College,
University Lecturer in English
New influences on the Drama. Abandonment of Tragedy for Tragi-
comedy. Lowering of moral standards. Contemporary apprecia-
tion of Beaumont and Fletcher's work. Biographies and early
intimacy of the two Dramatists. Individual characteristics. Evi-
dence as to authorship. Fletcher's Metrical Style: comparison
with that of Shakespeare. Features assignable to Beaumont.
Massinger's collaboration with Fletcher. Excellence of Fletcher's
stage effects. His weakness in characterisation. Sources of his
plays. Rapidity of production. Classification of the Plays.
Tragedies. Romantic Dramas. Comedies. Qualities of language
and style in Beaumont and Fletcher's plays
107
Appendix. List of Beaumont and Fletcher's Plays, with indications
of probable authorship and chief sources
137
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Contents
vii
CHAPTER VI
PHILIP MASSINGER
PAGE
By EMIL KOEPPEL, Professor of English Philology in the
University of Strassburg
Massinger's life. Biographical value of his Dedications. His relations
with the Herberts. Literary friends. Joint workmanship with
Fletcher and others. His independent Dramas. Some Political
Dramas of the time. Massinger's political opinions. His religious
sympathies. His literary models: Shakespeare, Fletcher, Jonson.
His constructive art. Typical situations. His women.
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THE DRAMA TO 1642
PART TWO
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
C. F. CLAY, MANAGER
London: FETTER LANE, E. C.
Edinburgh: 100, PRINCES STREET
Paris : THE GALIGNANI LIBRARY
Berlin: A. ASHER AND CO.
Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO. , LTD.
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Copyrighted in the United States of America by
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EDITED BY
A. W. WARD, Litt. D. , F. B. A. , Master of Peterhouse
AND
A. R. WALLER, M. A. , Peterhouse
VOLUME VI
THE DRAMA TO 1642
PART TWO
HET
LVCEM
LADO
RONDE
CAMBRIDGE :
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
BEN JONSON
By ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE, M. A. , Ph. D. (Harvard), Professor of
English in Columbia University, New York
PAGK
Ben Jonson's character and friendships. Early life. Production of
Every Man in His Humour. Maturity. Prosperity. Later years.
Eminence in letters. Epigrams. The Forest. Underwoods. The
Sad Shepherd. Early Plays. His Programme of Reform. Every
Man in His Humour. Every Man out of His Humour. His
Tragedies. Yolpone, Epicoene. The Alchemist. Bartholomew
Fayre. His later Comedies. His place in Literature
1
CHAPTER II
CHAPMAN, MARSTON, DEKKER
By W. MACNEILE Dixon, M. A. (Dublin), Litt. D. (Glasgow), Professor
of English Language and Literature in the University of Glasgow
Chapman's life. Shakespeare and the 'Rival Poet! Didactic nature
of Chapman's Poetry. His Comedies. His Historic Tragedies.
Bussy D'Ambois. The Revenge. Chapman's Homer. Marston's
life. His prominence in the War of the Theatres. Quarrel with
Jonson. Assaults and Counter-assaults. End of the quarrel.
Marston's Tragedies. Antonio and Mellida. The Malcontent.
Eastward Hoe. The Fawne. His other Plays. Withdrawal from
theatrical life. Dekker's early activities. Value of his work. His
Comedies. The Shomakers Holiday. Old Fortunatus. The
Honest Whore. His Collaborators. His place as a Dramatist.
Importance of his prose work
29
321851
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vi
Contents
CHAPTER III
PAGE
MIDDLETON AND ROWLEY
By ARTHUR SYMONS
Biographical details. Middleton's non-dramatic work. His first Plays.
The Mayor of Quinborough. The Old Law. Blurt Master-
Constable. His farcical Comedies: their character and material.
His realism. Fluency and naturalness of his work. His Collabora-
tors. Plays by Rowley alone; their sincerity and nobility of aim.
Rowley's influence on Middleton. A Faire Quarrell. The World
tost at Tennis. The Changeling. Later Plays by Middleton.
His dramatic genius
58
CHAPTER IV
THOMAS HEYWOOD
By A. W. WARD, Litt. D. , F. B. A. , Master of Peterhouse
Thomas Heywood as the servant of public taste. His special work in
Domestic Drama. His life: London and Court associations. His
point of view as a Playwright. His non-dramatic works. The
Apology for Actors. His Plays. A Woman Kilde with Kind-
nesse. Elizabethan Domestic Dram a. Early attempts at realistic
treatment. The Murder Plays. Changes in the social system and
their effect on the Drama. Heywood's picture of English country
life. The Royall King, and The Loyall Subject. The Fair Maid
Of The West. Other Plays. His work in collaboration with others.
His qualities as a Dramatist
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CHAPTER V
BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER
By G. C. MACAULAY, M. A. , late Fellow of Trinity College,
University Lecturer in English
New influences on the Drama. Abandonment of Tragedy for Tragi-
comedy. Lowering of moral standards. Contemporary apprecia-
tion of Beaumont and Fletcher's work. Biographies and early
intimacy of the two Dramatists. Individual characteristics. Evi-
dence as to authorship. Fletcher's Metrical Style: comparison
with that of Shakespeare. Features assignable to Beaumont.
Massinger's collaboration with Fletcher. Excellence of Fletcher's
stage effects. His weakness in characterisation. Sources of his
plays. Rapidity of production. Classification of the Plays.
Tragedies. Romantic Dramas. Comedies. Qualities of language
and style in Beaumont and Fletcher's plays
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Appendix. List of Beaumont and Fletcher's Plays, with indications
of probable authorship and chief sources
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CHAPTER VI
PHILIP MASSINGER
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By EMIL KOEPPEL, Professor of English Philology in the
University of Strassburg
Massinger's life. Biographical value of his Dedications. His relations
with the Herberts. Literary friends. Joint workmanship with
Fletcher and others. His independent Dramas. Some Political
Dramas of the time. Massinger's political opinions. His religious
sympathies. His literary models: Shakespeare, Fletcher, Jonson.
His constructive art. Typical situations. His women. His lovers.
His villains. His comical figures. His style: preponderance of
the rhetorical element. His repetitions. Contemporary and post-
humous reputation. Massinger in Germany
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CHAPTER VII
TOURNEUR AND WEBSTER
By C. E. VAUGHAN, M. A. , Balliol College, Oxford, Professor of
English Literature in the University of Leeds
Meagreness of biographical details. Tourneur's two Tragedies. John
Webster: periods of his literary activity. Collaboration with
Dekker and Marston, West-Ward Hoe and North-Ward Hoe.
Webster's original work. The White Divel: question of its
sources: possibility of originality in the plot. Advance on his
earlier work. The theme of Revenge as handled by Elizabethan
Dramatists. The Dutchesse Of Malfy; its source and date; ad-
vance in representation and motif.
