TERESA GRANT is Associate Professor in Renaissance Theatre and Director of Graduate Studies of the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick, UK. She has published on early modern drama and literature, including recent essays in The Myth of Elizabeth (edited by Susan Doran and Thomas S. Freeman, 2004) and A Cultural History of Animals (edited by Linda Kalof and Brigitte Resl, 2007). BARBARA RAVELHOFER is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Durham and Research Associate at the Centre for History and Economics, University of Cambrid

' English Historical Drama illuminates the enduring link between history and drama in early modern society.' - John Ridpath, Times Literary Supplement

• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; T.Grant & B.Ravelhofer The Early Tudor History Play; J.Dillon The Reformation of History in John Bale's Biblical Dramas; A.W.Taylor Seneca and the Early Elizabethan History Play; M.Ullyot History in the Making: The Case of Samuel Rowley's When You See Me You Know Me (1604/5); T.Grant The Stage Historicizes the Turk: Convention and Contradiction in the Turkish History Play; M.Hutchings News Drama: The Tragic Subject of Charles I; B.Ravelhofer Index