Elizabethan Drama Author:John Gassner Shakespeare was but the greatest of the extraordinary galaxy of playwrights who created the Elizabethan drama. Arranged in chronological order and spanning the length of Elizabeth's reign, the plays in this Bantam edition have been selected to express the full range and richness of the period's dramatic genius - in comedy, in tragedy, in melodra... more »ma, in farce. Included is a general introduction to the Elizabethan theater by the late scholar and writer John Gassner, as well as prefaces, marginal glosses and footnotes for each play.« less