Part One Introduction 1
Ⅰ.Types of Drama 2
1.1.Tragedy 3
1.2.Comedy 7
Ⅱ.Elements of Drama 10
2.1.Dialogue 11
2.2.Story 12
2.3.Character 13
2.4.Action 14
Ⅲ.A Brief History of English Drama 15
3.1.Medieval Drama 15
3.2.Elizabethan Drama 18
3.3.18th-Century Drama 23
3.4.19th-Century Drama 25
3.5.20th-Century Drama 28
Part Two Selected Readings of English Drama 30
1.Anonymous:Everyman 30
2.Christopher Marlowe:Doctor Faustus 68
3.William Shakespeare:Macbeth 133
4.Richard Brinsley Sheridan:The Rivals 242
5.Oscar Wilde:The Importance of Being Earnest 348
6.George Bernard Shaw:Mrs.Warren's Profession 433
7.Samuel Beckett:All That Fall 532
Appendix A Glossary of Dramatic Terms 574