Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare
REPRESENTATIVE ENGLISH COMEDIES
WITH INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS AND NOTES
AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF OUR EARLIER COMEDY AND OTHER MONOGRAPHS BY VARIOUS WRITERS
UNDER THE GENERAL EDITORSHIP OF
CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY, Litt.D., LL.D. Professor of the English Language and Literature in the University of California
FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO SHAKESPEARE
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
2. The Miracle Cycles in their Relation to Comedy
3. The Dramatic Value of the English Miracle Plays
4. The Contribution of Later "Marvels" and Early Secular Plays
5. The Devil and the Vice
6. The Relation between Miracle, Moral, and Interlude
7. The Older Morals in their Relation to Comedy
8. The Dramatic Contribution of the Older Morals
9. The Period of Transition: Farce and Romantic Interlude
10. The Period of Transition: School Interlude and Controversial Moral
11. Polytypic, or Fusion, Plays
12. Survivals of the Moral Interlude
13. The Movement towards Romantic Comedy
14. Conclusion
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[The Persons of the Play
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Actus. i. Scæna. i.
Actus. i. Scæna. ii.
Actus. i. Scæna iii.
Actus. i. Scæna. iiii.
Actus ii. Scæna ii.
Actus. ii. Scæna. iii.
Actus. iii. Scæna. iii.
Actus iii. Scæna v.
Actus iiii. Scæna ii.
Actus. iiii. Scæna. iii.
Actus. iiii. Scæna. iiii.
Actus. iiii. Scæna. v.
Actus. iiii. Scæna. vii.
Actus. v. Scæna. i.
Actus. v. Scæna. ii.
Actus. v. Scæna. iii.
Actus. v. Scæna. iiii.
Actus. v. Scæna. vi.
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The fyrst Acte. The thyrd Sceane.
The fyrst Acte. The iiii. Sceane.
The i Acte. The v Sceane.
The Second Acte.
[The Second Acte.] The Fyrst Sceane.
The ii Acte. The ii Sceane.
The ii Acte. The iii Sceane. C
The ii Acte. The iiii Sceane.
The ii Acte. The v Sceane.
The iii. Acte. The ii Sceane.
The iii Acte. The iiii Sceane.
The v. Acte. The ii Sceane.
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The Prologue at the Court.
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