PREFATORY NOTE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFATORY NOTE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. PART I. THE STAGE HISTORY OF THE PLAYS
6. CHAPTER I. THE THEATRE RENASCENT 3
7. CHAPTER II. GREAT INNOVATIONS 32
8. CHAPTER III. THE TWO HOUSES 62
9. CHAPTER IV. UNION, SECESSION, AND REUNION 111
10. PART II. THE RESTORATION TEXTS
11. CHAPTER V. D’AVENANT’S ADAPTATIONS 137
12. CHAPTER VI. DRYDEN’S ADAPTATIONS 192
13. CHAPTER VII. TATE’S ADAPTATIONS 241
14. CHAPTER VIII. MISCELLANEOUS ADAPTATIONS BEFORE 1700 274
15. CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS ADAPTATIONS FROM 1700 TO 1710 329
16. CHAPTER Χ. UNALTERED QUARTOS 355
17. APPENDIX
18. APPENDIX A LIST OF PUBLIC THEATRES AND THE COMPANIES APPEARING IN THEM FROM 1660 TO 1710 379
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 381
20. INDEX 391