The Elizabethan History Play: a Study of Its Types and Dramatic Techniques

action acts appear Arthur attempt audience ballad Battle of Alcazar Bolingbroke Bonduca Cambises Caratacus Catholic character characterization chronicle coherence comedy comic scenes considerably Cromwell death defeat dramatic edition Edricus Edward Edward II Elinor Elizabeth Elizabethan England English History Play episodes extant Falconbridge Famous Victories France French give Gorboduc haue Hence Henry IV plays Henry VI Henry's Henslowe hero Heywood historical framework historical material history playwrights Holinshed illustrate intended interest Jack Straw John's King John Locrine London Lord Malone Society Reprints Marlowe Marlowe's Massacre at Paris meaning moral Mortimer murder nobles Oldcastle Oxford Peele Philip playwright plot political popular portrayed Prince Hal probably purpose Queen reason rebellion rebels Richard Richard II Romans ruler Selimus Senecan Shakespeare Shakespeare's Histories soldiers speech stage Stukeley Tamburlaine theme Tillyard tion torical tory play Troublesome Reign unity Valiant Welshman villain W. W. Greg Wolsey Woodstock Wounds of Civil