First published in 1947 in the USA. This edition reprints the first UK edition of 1964. Published to critical acclaim, the central argument of this book is that the historical play must be studied as a genre separate from tragedy and comedy. Just as there is in Shakespearean tragedies a dominant ethical pattern of passion opposed to reason, so there is in the history plays a dominant political pattern characteristic of the political philosophy of the age. From the 'troublesome reign' of King John to the 'tragical doings' of Richard III, Shakespeare wove the events of English history into plots of universal interest.

H i I 41 1 ffje jWtrror for f EDITED from ORIGINAL TEXTS in the HUNTINGTON LIBRARY by LILY B. CAMPBELL I I I I 1 BARNES NOBLE, INC. . NEW YORK PUBLISHERS . BOOKSELLERS . SINCE 1873 Published in 1938 by the Cambridge University Press Reprinted by Barnes Noble, Inc. by Special Arrangement with the Cambridge University Press All rights reserved First printing, 1960 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Contents Introduction pages 3-60 Tragedies of the 1559 Edition 61-240 Prefaces to the 1559 Edition 63 1. Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of England 73 2. The Two Rogers, surnamed Mortimers 82 3. Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester 91 4. Lord Mowbray 101 5. King Richard the Second in 6. Owen Glendower 120 7. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland 132 8. Richard, Earl of Cambridge 139 9. Thomas Montague, Earl of Salisbury 143 10. King James the First 155 n. William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk 162 12. Jack Cade 171 1 3 . Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York 182 14. Lord Clifford 192 15. John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester 197 1 6. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick 205 17. King Henry the Sixth 212 1 8. George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence 220 19. King Edward the Fourth 236 CONTENTS Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1563 P a g es 241-421 Preface to the Second Part of the 1563 Edition 243 20. Anthony Woodville, Lord Rivers and Scales 245 21. Lord Hastings 268 Sackvilles Induction 298 22. Henry, Duke of Buckingham 318 23. The Poet Collingbourne 347 24. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester 360 25. Shores Wife 373 26. Edmund, Duke of Somerset 388 27. The Blacksmith 402 Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1578 427-460 28. Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester 432 29. Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke ofGloucester 445 Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1587 461-51 1 30. Sir Nicholas Burdet 463 31. King James the Fourth 483 32. The Battle of Brampton or Flodden Field 489 33. Cardinal Wolsey 495 Appendices 513-554 A. Description of the Huntington Library Copies of the Texts 5I B. Indexes Showing the Arrangement of the Tragedies in the Various Editions 522 C. Collation of MS 364 in St Johns College, Cambridge, with Sackvilles Induction and Tragedy 22 532 D. Collation of Poems in Harleian MS 2252 with Tragedies 31 and 32 548 vi Illustrations IN COLLOTYPE Tide-page and Verso from the Dyce Copy of Way lands Edition of Lydgate frontispiece By the courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum Title-page from the Undated Wayland Edition of Lydgate pages A Page from the Undated Wayland Edition of Lydgate Additional Tide-page sometimes bound with Way lands Edition of Lydgate Verso of Additional Tide-page sometimes bound between 6 j with Waylands Edition of Lydgate The Recto and Verso of the Single Leaf extant from between the Suppressed Edition of the Mirror for Magistrates 8 9 The Verso of Fol. 39 introduced as a cancel into the 1578 Edition facing 430 LINE BLOCKS IN THE TEXT The Tide-page of the 1559 Edition 62 The Tide-page of the 1563 Edition 242 The Tide-page of the 1571 Edition 423 The Last Page of the Index to the 1571 Edition 424 The Tide-page of the 1574 Edition 425 The Tide-page of the 1575 Edition 426 The Tide-page of the 1578 Edition 428 The Original FoL 39 Recto and Verso from the 1578 Edition 429, 430 The Tide-page of the 1587 Edition 462 vii THE MIRROR for MAGISTRATES f INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION SINCE the publication of Wartons History of English Poetry, 1 some account of the Mirrorfor Magistrates has been included in almost every history of English literature. 2 Bibliographers have recognized as intriguing the complex history of its printing. 3 Sackvilles induction has been decreed the best poem in English between Chaucer and Spenser and is duly incorporated in anthologies of the period. Historians of the drama have from time to time noted that the work contains tragedies which in the reign of Elizabeth were remade in dramatic form...

First published in 1947 in the USA. This edition reprints the first UK edition of 1964. Published to critical acclaim, the central argument of this book is that the historical play must be studied as a genre separate from tragedy and comedy. Just as there is in Shakespearean tragedies a dominant ethical pattern of passion opposed to reason, so there is in the history plays a dominant political pattern characteristic of the political philosophy of the age. From the 'troublesome reign' of King John to the 'tragical doings' of Richard III, Shakespeare wove the events of English history into plots of universal interest.

Originally published in 1923, this book presents a detailed study of the development of English staging during the Renaissance, and its relationship with the classical revival of stage decoration in Italy. The text attempts to show how from the beginning of the classical revival of drama in Italy, staging was regarded as an accepted part of dramatic production, and how this led to the formulation of definite practices of staging. These practices are then presented as being directly influential upon English theatre, prior to the Reformation by way of Italy and after the Reformation by way of both Italy and France. Finally, the development of English staging inspired by classical authority is presented as finding its natural culmination in the formalism of the late seventeenth century. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the English Renaissance and the development of staging.

The Reformation and the impact of the Renaissance were almost simultaneous in England. So the English versions of the Bible appeared at much the same time as the new, worldly forms of verse and drama. It was not long before serious-minded poets and playwrights used the Bible thus made available for new forms of religious verse. There was an important but neglected succession of writers who did this, culminating in Milton. The forms involved include the sonnet, the miniature epic and the popular drama. Miss Campbell treats both dramatic and non-dramatic literature. She shows that both kinds were new and not prolongations of medieval forms: the 'divine' lyric is a counterpart of the new secular lyric, and professedly hostile to it; and the 'divine' drama is an adaptation of current popular forms and not a development of the mystery play.

H i I 41 1 ffje jWtrror for f EDITED from ORIGINAL TEXTS in the HUNTINGTON LIBRARY by LILY B. CAMPBELL I I I I 1 BARNES NOBLE, INC. . NEW YORK PUBLISHERS . BOOKSELLERS . SINCE 1873 Published in 1938 by the Cambridge University Press Reprinted by Barnes Noble, Inc. by Special Arrangement with the Cambridge University Press All rights reserved First printing, 1960 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Contents Introduction pages 3-60 Tragedies of the 1559 Edition 61-240 Prefaces to the 1559 Edition 63 1. Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of England 73 2. The Two Rogers, surnamed Mortimers 82 3. Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester 91 4. Lord Mowbray 101 5. King Richard the Second in 6. Owen Glendower 120 7. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland 132 8. Richard, Earl of Cambridge 139 9. Thomas Montague, Earl of Salisbury 143 10. King James the First 155 n. William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk 162 12. Jack Cade 171 1 3 . Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York 182 14. Lord Clifford 192 15. John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester 197 1 6. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick 205 17. King Henry the Sixth 212 1 8. George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence 220 19. King Edward the Fourth 236 CONTENTS Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1563 P a g es 241-421 Preface to the Second Part of the 1563 Edition 243 20. Anthony Woodville, Lord Rivers and Scales 245 21. Lord Hastings 268 Sackvilles Induction 298 22. Henry, Duke of Buckingham 318 23. The Poet Collingbourne 347 24. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester 360 25. Shores Wife 373 26. Edmund, Duke of Somerset 388 27. The Blacksmith 402 Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1578 427-460 28. Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester 432 29. Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke ofGloucester 445 Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1587 461-51 1 30. Sir Nicholas Burdet 463 31. King James the Fourth 483 32. The Battle of Brampton or Flodden Field 489 33. Cardinal Wolsey 495 Appendices 513-554 A. Description of the Huntington Library Copies of the Texts 5I B. Indexes Showing the Arrangement of the Tragedies in the Various Editions 522 C. Collation of MS 364 in St Johns College, Cambridge, with Sackvilles Induction and Tragedy 22 532 D. Collation of Poems in Harleian MS 2252 with Tragedies 31 and 32 548 vi Illustrations IN COLLOTYPE Tide-page and Verso from the Dyce Copy of Way lands Edition of Lydgate frontispiece By the courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum Title-page from the Undated Wayland Edition of Lydgate pages A Page from the Undated Wayland Edition of Lydgate Additional Tide-page sometimes bound with Way lands Edition of Lydgate Verso of Additional Tide-page sometimes bound between 6 j with Waylands Edition of Lydgate The Recto and Verso of the Single Leaf extant from between the Suppressed Edition of the Mirror for Magistrates 8 9 The Verso of Fol. 39 introduced as a cancel into the 1578 Edition facing 430 LINE BLOCKS IN THE TEXT The Tide-page of the 1559 Edition 62 The Tide-page of the 1563 Edition 242 The Tide-page of the 1571 Edition 423 The Last Page of the Index to the 1571 Edition 424 The Tide-page of the 1574 Edition 425 The Tide-page of the 1575 Edition 426 The Tide-page of the 1578 Edition 428 The Original FoL 39 Recto and Verso from the 1578 Edition 429, 430 The Tide-page of the 1587 Edition 462 vii THE MIRROR for MAGISTRATES f INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION SINCE the publication of Wartons History of English Poetry, 1 some account of the Mirrorfor Magistrates has been included in almost every history of English literature. 2 Bibliographers have recognized as intriguing the complex history of its printing. 3 Sackvilles induction has been decreed the best poem in English between Chaucer and Spenser and is duly incorporated in anthologies of the period. Historians of the drama have from time to time noted that the work contains tragedies which in the reign of Elizabeth were remade in dramatic form...