• Introduction: ‘A Head Full of Plays and Novels’; Chapter 1 Godwin and London’s Theatrical World; Chapter 2 ‘The Link Between the Literary Class of Mankind and the Uninstructed’: St Dunstan and Caleb Williams; Chapter 3 ‘Applause Hitherto Would Be Impertinent’: Spectacle and Anti-spectacle in Antonio and St Leon; Chapter 4 Conversation and Spectacle in Abbas, Faulkener and Fleetwood; conclusion Conclusion;

'this is an accurate, even moving, and deeply productive vision of Godwin ... Published together, The Plays of William Godwin and William Godwin and the Theatre ... are epoch-making.' The Wordsworth Circle

• Introduction: ‘A Head Full of Plays and Novels’; Chapter 1 Godwin and London’s Theatrical World; Chapter 2 ‘The Link Between the Literary Class of Mankind and the Uninstructed’: St Dunstan and Caleb Williams; Chapter 3 ‘Applause Hitherto Would Be Impertinent’: Spectacle and Anti-spectacle in Antonio and St Leon; Chapter 4 Conversation and Spectacle in Abbas, Faulkener and Fleetwood; conclusion Conclusion;

'this is an accurate, even moving, and deeply productive vision of Godwin ... Published together, The Plays of William Godwin and William Godwin and the Theatre ... are epoch-making.' The Wordsworth Circle

• Introduction: ‘A Head Full of Plays and Novels’; Chapter 1 Godwin and London’s Theatrical World; Chapter 2 ‘The Link Between the Literary Class of Mankind and the Uninstructed’: St Dunstan and Caleb Williams; Chapter 3 ‘Applause Hitherto Would Be Impertinent’: Spectacle and Anti-spectacle in Antonio and St Leon; Chapter 4 Conversation and Spectacle in Abbas, Faulkener and Fleetwood; conclusion Conclusion;

'this is an accurate, even moving, and deeply productive vision of Godwin ... Published together, The Plays of William Godwin and William Godwin and the Theatre ... are epoch-making.' The Wordsworth Circle