The present work attempts a comprehensive plan to survey beyond the limits of early drama. Besides criticism, the details of plot, characters and specimen of the verses of interludes and data is presented to enable the reader to form an independent judgement. The author has examined in detail the contribution of men as Hey wood, Udall, Sackville and kyd and their influence on the English drama with much closer observation with the evolution of the Elizabethan ...
In spite of the fact that plenty of criticism is available on English Drama, the present book has its own importance to the students of literature. The student commonly searches through the available stock of criticism for details of the plots and characters, and specimens of the verse of interludes and plays which due to time, opportunity, and availability of publications sometimes makes difficult for him, though notable exceptions to this generalization exist. ...