The Commedia dell'arte
- An overview of the Italian improvised drama and its stock characters.
The Earliest English Comedies
- A history of the beginning of English comedy; specifically
examines Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister and the anonymous
Gammer Gurton's Needle.
Elizabethan Playhouses, Actors, and Audiences - An overview of Elizabethan theatre; covers regulation
and licensing of plays, objections to playhouses, companies of
actors, and composition and ownership of plays.