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Chief pre-Shakespearean dramas ; a selection of plays illustrating the history of the English drama from its origin down to Shakespeare, by Joseph Quincy Adams.

Author: Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946.

Imprint:Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin company, [c1924]

Descriptionvii, 712 p. : facsim. ; 21 cm.

Note:Sepulchrum. - Peregrini. - Pastores. - Magi. - Herodes. - Prophetae. - onversio beati Pauli apostoli. - Ludus super iconia sancti Nicolai. - Tres clerici. - Adeodatus. - The sepulchre. - The wayfarers. - The shepherds. - Banns. - The fall of Lucifer. - The creation of Eve, with the expelling of Adam and Eve out of Paradise. - The killing of Abel. - Noah. - The deluge. - The sacrifice of Isaac. - Pharaoh. - The prophets. - The salutation and conception. - The birth of Jesus. - The shepherds. - The Magi, Herod, and the slaughter of the innocents. - Christ's ministry. - The betraying of Christ. - The trial of Christ. - The harrowing of Hell. - The resurrection of Christ. - The judgment day. - Dux moraud. - The conversion of St. Paul. - Mary Magdalene. - The play of the sacrament. - The castle of perseverance. - Everyman. - Mankind. - Wyt and science. - Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. - Robin Hood and the Firar. - Shetland sword dance. - Oxfordshire St. George play. - Leicestershire St. George play. - The Revesby sword play. - The playe called the foure PP. - A merry play betwene Johan Johan the husband, Tyb his wife, and Syr Johan the Preest. - The play of the wether. - Roister Doister. - Gammer Gurton's Nedle. - Gorboduc; or, Ferrex and Porrex. - Damon and Pithias. - Campaspe. - Cambises. - The famous victories of Henry the Fifth. - George a Greene, the pinner of Wakefield.



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Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946.
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English drama -- To 1500.
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