The chief Elizabethan dramatists, excluding Shakespeare

THE CHIEF ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS

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Act 1 · Scenes

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 5 · Other sections

THE HONEST[2259] WHORE

Act 1 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5 1

Act 1 · Other sections

[ACT III][ACT IV]

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3 1 2

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THE HONEST WHORE

Act 1 · Scenes

1 2 3 1 2

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2

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THE MALCONTENT

Act 1 · Acts

Act 1 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 5 · Other sections

[Scene Ia.[2761]

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

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A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS

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1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

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THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE

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1 2 3 4

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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1 2 3 4 5

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3

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PHILASTER; OR LOVE LIES A-BLEEDING

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1 2

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1 2 3 4

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3 4

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

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THE MAID’S TRAGEDY

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1 2

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3

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THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS

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1 2 3

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2 3 4

Act 3 · Scenes

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

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THE WILD-GOOSE CHASE

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1 2 3

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 3 · Scenes

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5 6

Act 5 · Other sections

THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

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1 2 3

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 5 · Other sections

A TRICK TO CATCH THE OLD ONE

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1 2 3 4

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2 3 4

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2

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THE CHANGELING

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1 2

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1 2

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[Scene II][3947]

Act 3 · Scenes

3 4

Act 4 · Acts

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3

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A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS

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1 2 3

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 5 · Scenes

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THE BROKEN HEART

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1 2 3

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Scene I[4144]

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2 3

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2 3 4 5

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3

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THE LADY OF PLEASURE

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1 2

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2

Act 3 · Scenes

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 5 · Scenes

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THE CARDINAL

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1 2

Act 2 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 3 · Scenes

1 2

Act 4 · Scenes

1 2 3

Act 5 · Scenes

1 2 3

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ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE PLAYS BIBLIOGRAPHIES BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES INDEX OF CHARACTERS INDEX OF SONGS INDEX OF AUTHORS INDEX OF PLAYS

Illustration from The chief Elizabethan dramatists, excluding Shakespeare: selected plays by Lyly, Peele, Greene, Marlowe, Kyd, Chapman, Jonson, Dekker, Marston, Heywood, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, Massinger, Ford, Shirley

GEORGE CHAPMAN

FRANCIS BEAUMONT JOHN FLETCHER

BEN JONSON

THOMAS MIDDLETON PHILIP MASSINGER

JAMES SHIRLEY

THE CHIEF ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS EXCLUDING SHAKESPEARE

Selected Plays

LYLY, PEELE, GREENE, MARLOWE, KYD, CHAPMAN, JONSON DEKKER, MARSTON, HEYWOOD, BEAUMONT, FLETCHER WEBSTER, MIDDLETON, MASSINGER, FORD, SHIRLEY

EDITED FROM THE ORIGINAL QUARTOS AND FOLIOS WITH NOTES, BIOGRAPHIES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph. D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1911