The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare

audience authorship Bolingbroke Cambises character chronicles classical concerned crown death Dekker didactic divine dramatist E. K. Chambers earlier edition Edward II Elizabeth Elizabethan Drama emphasized England English history play episodic evil extant Falstaff Famous Victories Folio genre God's Gorboduc hath Henry IV Henry VI Henry VI plays Henry VIII hero Heywood historian historical drama historical purpose historiography Holinshed humanist important influence J. S. Farmer Jack Straw Jacobean King Henry King John king's kingship Kynge Johan legend Locrine London Lord Machiavelli Marlowe matter medieval Mirror for Magistrates Misfortunes of Arthur morality play murder Oldcastle Peele Perkin Warbeck political doctrine political purpose Prince printed probably problem quarto Queen rebel rebellion Renaissance RIBNER Richard Richard II romance scene Senecan Shake significant Sir Thomas sources speech story Studies Tamburlaine tetralogy theme throne Tillyard Troublesome Reign True Tragedy Tudor doctrine tyrant virtues W. W. Greg William Shakespeare Woodstock written