CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5
3. PREFACE 7
4. CONTENTS 11
5. I. BACKGROUNDS 13
6. II. JOHN BALE: THE PROPHET-PLAYWRIGHT OF THE EARLY REFORMATION 29
7. III. OTHER PLAYS OF THE EARLY REFORMATION PERIOD 64
8. IV. ENGLISH HUMANIST DRAMA IN GREEK AND LATIN 77
9. V. EARLY ELIZABETHAN BIBLICAL DRAMA 119
10. VI. BIBLICAL DRAMA BY SHAKESPEARE'S CONTEMPORARIES 155
11. CONCLUSION 192
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 196
13. INDEX 202