Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare

by Unknown

University of California,
February 3, 1903.

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CONTENTS

			Page
I.	An Historical View of the Beginnings of English Comedy
		By Charles Mills Gayley
		Of the University of California	[xi]
II.	John Heywood: Critical Essay. Alfred W. Pollard
	Of St. John's College, Oxford, and the British Museum		[1]
	Edition of the Play of the Wether.	The Same	[19]
	Edition of a Mery Play betweene Johan Johan, Tyb, etc.	The Same	[61]
III.	Nicholas Udall: Critical Essay. Ewald Flügel
		Of Stanford University	[87]
	Edition of Roister Doister.	The Same	[105]
	Appendix on Various Matters.	The Same	[189]
IV.	William Stevenson: Critical Essay. Henry Bradley
		Of the University of Oxford	[195]
	Edition of Gammer Gurtons Nedle.	The Same	[205]
	Appendix.	The Same	[259]
V.	John Lyly: Critical Essay. George P. Baker
		Of Harvard University	[263]
	Edition of Alexander and Campaspe.	The Same	[277]
VI.	George Peele: Critical Essay. F. B. Gummere
		Of Haverford College	[333]
	Edition of The Old Wives' Tale.	The Same	[349]
	Appendix.	The Same	[383]
VII.	Greene's Place in Comedy: A Monograph. G. E. Woodberry
		Of Columbia University	[385]
VIII.	Robert Greene: His Life, and the Order of his Plays.Charles Mills Gayley		[395]
	Edition of the Honourable Historie of Frier Bacon.	The Same	[433]
	Appendix on Greene's Versification.	The Same	[503]
IX.	Henry Porter: Critical Essay. Charles Mills Gayley		[513]
	Edition of The Two Angry Women of Abington.	The Same	[537]
X.	Shakespeare As a Comic Dramatist. Edward Dowden
		Of Trinity College, Dublin	[635]
Index.			[663]

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An Historical View
OF THE
BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH COMEDY

By Charles Mills Gayley

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AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH COMEDY

I. Liturgical Fragments, Early Saints' Plays and Parodies