Great Elizabethan playwrights /
by Don Nardo.
- San Diego [Calif.] : Lucent Books, c2003.
- 112 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- The Lucent library of historical eras. Elizabethan England .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-105) and index.
Birth of the English-speaking theater -- "On Your Imaginary Forces Work" : the Elizabethan theater -- The courtly dreamer : John Lyly -- Father of the revenge tragedy : Thomas Kyd -- Poet of pageant and drama : George Peele -- A man at war within himself : Robert Greene -- Risk-taker and mystery-maker : Christopher Marlowe -- A playwright for all time : William Shakespeare -- Shrewd critic of human follies : Ben Jonson.
Discusses the origins of English-speaking theater and includes facts about seven early Elizabethan playwrights, including William Shakespeare.
Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography. Theater--History--England--16th century. Dramatists, English. English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 Theater--History--England--16th century.