Renaissance Drama

Arthur F. Kinney is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and Director of the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies. He is Editor of the journal English Literary Renaissance and author or editor of numerous books, including Renaissance Drama: An Anthology (Blackwell Publishers, 1999).

Acknowledgements. Introduction. A Note on the Texts. Brief Lives. 1. The Queen's Majesty's Passage: Richard Mulcaster. 2. The Lady of May: Sir Philip Sidney. 3. The Spanish Tragedy: Thomas Kyd. 4. Arden of Faversham: Anonymous. 5. The Honorable Entertainment Given to the Queen's Majesty in Progress at Elvetham in Hampshire: Anonymous. 6. The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus: Christopher Marlowe. 7. The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second: Christopher Marlowe. 8. The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thomas Dekker. 9. A Woman Killed with Kindness: Thomas Heywood. 10. The Magnificent Entertainment: Thomas Dekker. 11. The Masque of Blackness: Ben Johnson. 12. The Triumphs of Re-United Britannia: Anthony Munday. 13. The Knight of the Burning Pestle: Francis Beaumont. 14. The Tragedy of the Duchess of Malfi: John Webster. 15. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside: Thomas Middleton. 16. The Changeling: Thomas Middleton and William Rowley. 17. Bartholemew Fair: Ben Johson. 18. 'Tis Pity She's A Whore: John Ford. Further Reading.