Simon Shepherd is Professor of Drama at Nottingham University. Peter Womack lectures in the School of English and American Studies at the University of East Anglia.

"There is much here to stimulate the thinking student and to galvanize the curious into further reading." Christine Dymkowski, University of London

• Acknowledgements. User's Guide.1. Medieval Theatre.2. The Beginning of the Story of Drama.3. Renaissance Drama.4. The Image of Elizabethan Drama.5. Restoration Comedy.6. Bawdy, Manners and the English National Character.7. Melodrama.8. The Unacceptable Face of Drama.9. Naturalism.10. 'You Make Me Feel Mighty Real': Proper Drama.11. Post-War British Theatre and the State.12. Drama in the Age of Television.Chronological List of Plays.References.Index.

Simon Shepherd is Professor of Drama at Nottingham University. Peter Womack lectures in the School of English and American Studies at the University of East Anglia.

"There is much here to stimulate the thinking student and to galvanize the curious into further reading." Christine Dymkowski, University of London

• Acknowledgements. User's Guide.1. Medieval Theatre.2. The Beginning of the Story of Drama.3. Renaissance Drama.4. The Image of Elizabethan Drama.5. Restoration Comedy.6. Bawdy, Manners and the English National Character.7. Melodrama.8. The Unacceptable Face of Drama.9. Naturalism.10. 'You Make Me Feel Mighty Real': Proper Drama.11. Post-War British Theatre and the State.12. Drama in the Age of Television.Chronological List of Plays.References.Index.

Simon Shepherd is Professor of Drama at Nottingham University. Peter Womack lectures in the School of English and American Studies at the University of East Anglia.

"There is much here to stimulate the thinking student and to galvanize the curious into further reading." Christine Dymkowski, University of London

• Acknowledgements. User's Guide.1. Medieval Theatre.2. The Beginning of the Story of Drama.3. Renaissance Drama.4. The Image of Elizabethan Drama.5. Restoration Comedy.6. Bawdy, Manners and the English National Character.7. Melodrama.8. The Unacceptable Face of Drama.9. Naturalism.10. 'You Make Me Feel Mighty Real': Proper Drama.11. Post-War British Theatre and the State.12. Drama in the Age of Television.Chronological List of Plays.References.Index.