Drama in Early Tudor Britain, 1485-1558

Absalom action adapted allegorical appears Aristophanes audience Bale Bale's biblical Calisto Cambridge Celestina chapter characters Christ Christopherson church civic drama classical comedy comic commentaries contemporary context court Cupar cycle death declares demonstrates dialogue didactic Donatus early Tudor edition emphasizes England English entertainment epitasis Erasmus Erasmus's Eunuchus Euripides example extant Farce father French Gammer Grimald Henry VIII Herod humanist identified indicates instruction interlude Jephthah Johan Johan John John Bale John Rastell king later Latin Lindsay Lindsay's London Mary Magdalene Mary's Medieval Melebea Meriasek morality play More's motif N-Town Nicholas Udall Oxford pattern perceived performance Philogonus Plautus plot poetry poets popular prodigal protasis Queen Reformation religious Renaissance represents Respublica Roister Doister role saints satire scene Seneca sixteenth century Skelton stage suggests Terence Terence's Terentian Thomas tion tradition tragedy translation Udall Udall's vices virtue Vives Vives's W. W. Greg Watson wife Wit's youth