A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Old English Plays, Vol. I, by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Old English Plays, Vol. I A Collection of Old English PlaysAuthor: VariousRelease Date: December 5, 2003 [EBook #10388]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OLD ENGLISH PLAYS, VOL. I ***Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Tapio Riikonen and PG Distributed ProofreadersA COLLECTION OF OLD ENGLISH PLAYS, VOL. IIn Four VolumesEDITED BYA.H. BULLEN.1882-1889CONTENTS:The Tragedy of NeroThe Mayde's MetamorphosisThe Martyr'd SouldierThe Noble SouldierPREFACE.Most of the Plays in the present Collection have not been reprinted, and some have not been printed at all. In the secondvolume there will be published for the first time a fine tragedy (hitherto quite unknown) by Massinger and Fletcher, and alively comedy (also quite unknown) by James Shirley. The recovery of these two pieces should be of considerableinterest to all students of dramatic literature.The Editor hopes to give in Vol. III. an unpublished play of ThomasHeywood. In the fourth volume there will be a reprint of the Arden ofFeversham, from the excessively rare quarto of 1592.INTRODUCTION TO THE TRAGEDY OF NERO.Of the many irreparable losses sustained by ...