Brief Description:
Nicoll's History tells the story of English drama from the reopening of the theatres at the time of the Restoration right through to the end of the Victorian period.

Table of Contents:
1. The theatre; 2. Contemporary dramatic conditions; 3. Boucicault and Taylor: plays of the fifties; 4. Robertson and Byron: Plays of the sixties; 5. Gilbert and Albery: Plays of the seventies; 6. Jones and Pinero: Plays of the eighties; 7. Wilde and Shaw: Plays of the nineties; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index.