ANDREW HISCOCK is Reader in English at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK. He has published on authors and texts across the early modern period and his most recent monograph is The Uses of this World: Thinking Space in Shakespeare, Marlowe, Cary and Jonson (2004). He is currently researching into representations of memory in the period 1520-1620. LISA HOPKINS is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and a co-editor of Shakespeare, the journal of the British Shakespeare Association. She has published books on Marlowe, Shakespeare and Ford, and on the rep

• Series Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction; A.Hiscock & L.Hopkins Early Modern Theatre History; H.Ostovich Kyd and Revenge Tragedy; A.Streete Marlowe; L.Hopkins Shakespeare: The Tragedies; A.Hiscock Shakespeare: The Comedies; S.Bruce Shakespeare: The Histories; D.Ruiter Ben Jonson; A.Steggle Marston and Chapman; R.Bowers City Comedy; A.Brunning Thomas Middleton; C.Sullivan Webster and Ford; R.Wymer John Fletcher; C.A.Morley The Masque; R.Dutton Early Modern Women Dramatists; K.Raber Index