English Historical Drama, 1500-1660

JANETTE DILLON is Professor of Drama in the School of English Studies, University of Nottingham, UKMARK HUTCHINGS is Lecturer in the School of English and American Literature, University of Reading, UKANDREW W. TAYLOR is Fellow and Director of Studies in English at Churchill College, Cambridge, UKMICHAEL ULLYOT is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Calgary, Canada

• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; T.Grant & B.Ravelhofer The Early Tudor History Play; J.Dillon The Reformation of History in John Bale's Biblical Dramas; A.W.Taylor Seneca and the Early Elizabethan History Play; M.Ullyot History in the Making: The Case of Samuel Rowley's When You See Me You Know Me (1604/5); T.Grant The Stage Historicizes the Turk: Convention and Contradiction in the Turkish History Play; M.Hutchings News Drama: The Tragic Subject of Charles I; B.Ravelhofer Index

' English Historical Drama illuminates the enduring link between history and drama in early modern society.' - John Ridpath, Times Literary Supplement