Western Drama through the Ages: A Student Reference Guide

An attractively produced two‐volume guide to the history of Western drama, this is essentially a collection of essays on a range of subjects that tell the story from Greek and Roman times to the present day.

The work encompasses drama from around 500 years before the birth of Christ to the present day. In the first volume there are four chapters given over to the “great eras” – classic Greek and Roman; English Renaissance; French Neoclassical; and modern drama. The next part of this volume looks at two further periods – medieval and restoration drama. In both cases there is...