Synopsis
Discover a window into early English drama with this collected volume. This edition curates a range of moral and comic plays from the medieval and early modern period, offering readers a firsthand look at how old plays were printed, arranged, and interpreted by editors in the 19th century.
Inside, you’ll encounter classic works like Interlude of Youth, along with scenes that explore family dynamics, faith, and social wit. The collection includes historical and dramatic pieces edited and annotated to illuminate performance history, language, and context for today’s readers and students of theater.
- Historic plays presented in chronological order with scholarly notes and commentary.
- Early modern English language, verse, and stage convention showcased through dialogue and stage directions.
- Editorial insights from W. Carew Hazlitt and contemporaries to aid understanding and appreciation.
- A window into the evolution of English dramatic writing and printing traditions.
Ideal for readers of theater history, literary history, and those curious about early English performance.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. 2 : Originally Published by Robert Dodsley in the Year 1744; Now First Chronologically Arranged, Revised and Enlarged, With the Notes of All the Commentators and New Notes (Classic Reprint)
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