Brief Description:
This book serves as a major reference work for studies in theatrical and dramatic literature.

Table of Contents:
Volume I. Restoration and Georgian England, 1669-1788 David Thomas and Arnold Hare; Volume II. National Theatre in Northern and Eastern Europe, 1746-1900 Laurence Senelick; Volume III. German and Dutch Theatre, 1600-1848 George W. Brandt; Volume IV. Naturalism and Symbolism in European Theatre, 1850-1918 Claude Schumacher; Volume V. French Theatre in the Neo-classical Era, 1550-1789 William D. Howarth; Volume VI. English Professional Theatre, 1530-1660 Glynne Wickham; Volume VII. The Medieval European Stage, 500-1500 William Tydeman; Volume VIII. Romantic and Revolutionary theatre, 1789-1860 Ronald Roy.