A study of Tudor drama that sees the long 16th century from the accession of Henry Tudor to the death of Elizabeth as a whole, taking in the drama of the 'mystery plays' and the early work of Shakespeare. It is an account of current scholarship and an introduction to the complexity of Tudor drama.
Introduction: 'When Lyberte ruled': Tudor Drama 1485 - 1603,
Thomas Betteridge and Greg WalkerReligious Drama
1. The Chester Cycle: Creation and Old Testament Plays, Sheila Christie
2. The York Creation Pageant, Greg Walker
3. The Croxton Play of the Sacrament, Elisabeth Dutton
4. The Digby Plays - Mary Magdalene and Wisdom, Vincent Gillespie
5. Everyman, c.1516, Andrew Hadfield
6. The Three Laws, John Bale, 1538, James Simpson
7. Christus Triumphans, John Foxe, 1556, Andreas Hoefele
8. The Conflict of Conscience, 1572, Anna Rhiel
9. Dr Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, 1588?, David Lawton
Interludes and Comedies
10. Fulgens and Lucrece, Henry Medwall, 1497, Clare Wright
11. Gentleness and Nobility, John Rastell, c.1529, Daniel Wakelin
12. The Play of the Weather, John Heywood, 1529-33, Pam King
13. Wit and Science, John Redford, 1539-47, Meg Twycross
14. Nice Wanton, 1550, John J McGavin
15. Lusty Juventus, R. Wever, 1550, Jane Griffiths
16. Gammer Gurton's Needle, W. Stevenson?, 1553, Alan J Fletcher
17. Damon and Pythias, Richard Edwards, 1564, Jennifer Richards
18. The Three Ladies of London, Robert Wilson, 1581, Claire Jowitt
19. Endymion, John Lyly, 1588, Leah Scragg
20. The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare, c. 1592, Alison Findlay
21. Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Robert Greene, 1592, Sarah Knight
Entertainments, Masques, and Royal Entries
22. The Funeral of Henry VII, 1509, Sam Wood
23. The Coronation of Anne Boleyn, Nicholas Udall, 1533, Tracy Sowerby
24. Greenwich, 1527, Halle's Chronicle, c.1540, Kent Rawlinson
25. The Entertainment at Woodstock, George Gascoigne, 1575, Erzsebet Strobl
26. Love and Fortune, 1580, Allyna Ward
Histories and political dramas
27. Youth and Hick Scorner, 1513, Eleanor Rycroft
28. Magnfyfcence, John Skelton, c.1519, Peter Happe
29. King Johan, John Bale, c.1538, Philip Schwyzer
30. Respublica, Nicholas Udall, c.1554, Sarah Carpenter
31. Thyestes, Jasper Heywood, 1560 and Agamemnon, Mike Pincombe
32. Gorboduc, Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, 1562, Alice Hunt
33. The Spanish Tragedy, Thomas Kyd, 1587, Richard Hillman
34. Tamburlane The Great, Christopher Marlowe, 1590, Janette Dillon
35. The Troublesome Reign of King John, 1591, Stephen Longstaffe
36. Henry VI Part 2, William Shakespeare, c.1590, Dermot Cavanagh
37. Arden of Faversham, 1592, Ros King
38. Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare, c.1593, Thomas Betteridge