Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. BACKGROUNDS -- II. JOHN BALE: THE PROPHET-PLAYWRIGHT OF THE EARLY REFORMATION -- III. OTHER PLAYS OF THE EARLY REFORMATION PERIOD -- IV. ENGLISH HUMANIST DRAMA IN GREEK AND LATIN -- V. EARLY ELIZABETHAN BIBLICAL DRAMA -- VI. BIBLICAL DRAMA BY SHAKESPEARE'S CONTEMPORARIES -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXweiterlesen