1973

Shakespeare’s Jacobean Tragedies

The Year’s Contributions to Shakespearian Study Critical Studies   Norman Sanders Shakespeare’s Life, Times and Stage   Nigel Alexander Textual Studies   Richard Proudfoot

The Staging of Plays before Shakespeare

Part One: 1466-1527 The Doors of Entrance The Earliest Surviving Interludes 1466-1508 Contemporary Court Staging 1511 onwards Other Interludes to 1527 Six Plays Attributed to John Heywood 1521-1529 Part Two: 1527-1553 The Travers New Technicalities 1527-1539 Presentation in Civic Halls etc. 1538 onwards Developments to Mid-Sixteenth Century 1541-1552 Part Three: 1553-1576 The Rise of the …

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Shakespeare on the Stage

Preface The Wooden O The Eminent Tragedians Lyceum Nights In America France and Italy Germany and Russia The Challengers Actors and Institutions On and Off Broadway The Animateurs European Round-up The War Years The Open Stage Foreigners, and a Five-year Plan Royal Shakespeare

Churchill: A Study in Failure 1900-1939

Preface Summary of Churchill’s Career 1874-1939 Young Tribune, 1900-14 The Hazards of War, 1914-18 The Lloyd George Coalition, 1919-22 Eclipse and Revival 1922-9 The India Question, 1929-25 The Defence of the Realm, 1933-7 The Return from Exile, 1937-9