PART ONE THE THEATRE 1
Ⅰ INTRODUCTION 1
Ⅱ CONVENTIONS OF PRESENTATION AND ACTING 7
Ⅲ CONVENTIONS OF ACTION 29
Ⅳ ELIZABETHAN HABITS OP READING,WRITING AND LISTENING 75
Ⅴ CONVENTIONS OF SPEECH 97
PART TWO THE DRAMATISTS 137
Ⅵ CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 137
Ⅶ CYRIL TOURNEUR 165
Ⅷ JOHN WEBSTER 186
Ⅸ THOMAS MIDDLETON 213
Ⅹ THE DECADENCE 240
Bibliographical Note 269
Index 271