An Introduction to Stuart DramaDiscusses George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, John Webster, Cyril Tourneur, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, John Ford, James Shirley, Richard Brome & William Davenant. |
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