English Drama: A Cultural History

User's Guide.

1. Medieval Theatre.

2. The Beginning of the Story of Drama.

3. Renaissance Drama.

4. The Image of Elizabethan Drama.

5. Restoration Comedy.

6. Bawdy, Manners and the English National Character.

7. Melodrama.

8. The Unacceptable Face of Drama.

9. Naturalism.

10. 'You Make Me Feel Mighty Real': Proper Drama.

11. Post-War British Theatre and the State.

12. Drama in the Age of Television.

Chronological List of Plays.

References.

Index.