17TH CENTURY THEATRE DATABASE

• The Appearance of Women on the English Stage - A history of the emergence of women as actresses in the theatres of England.
• Atwell, Hugh - A biography of the Elizabethan actor.
• Beaumont and Fletcher - A biography of Elizabethan dramatists and collaborators Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
• Behn, Aphra - A biography of the English dramatist.
• The Birth of Merlin - A synopsis of the play sometimes attributed to Shakespeare and Rowley.
• Bracegirdle, Anne - A biographical sketch of the English actress.
• Brome, Richard - A brief biography of the dramatist and former servant to Ben Jonson.
• Calderón and Lope de Vega - A comparison of Spain's two greatest playwrights.
• Campion, Thomas - A brief biographical sketch of the poet and dramatist.
• Chapman, George - A biography of the English dramatist.
• The Closure of the Theaters by the Puritans - A chronical of the persecution of actors and closure of the theaters by Puritans in the years preceding the Restoration.
• Condell, Henry - A brief biography of the English actor who helped publish the first folio of Shakespeare's plays.
• Congreve, William - A biography of the Restoration dramatist.
• Corneille, Pierre - A biography of the French dramatist and analysis of his works.
• Corneille, Thomas - A biography of the French dramatist.
• Daniel, Samuel - A biography of the English poet and playwright.
• Davenant, William - A biography of the English poet and dramatist, sometimes rumored to be the illegitimate son of William Shakespeare.
• Day, John - A biography of the English dramatist.
• Dekker, Thomas - A biography of the Elizabethan dramatist.
• Dennis, John - A biography of the English critic and playwright.
• Dryden, John - A biography of the Restoration dramatist.
• Dufresny, Charles Riviere - A biography of the French dramatist.
• Ford, John - A biography of the Elizabethan dramatist.
• Italian and Spanish Drama: 1600-1650 - A detailed analysis of the development of dramatic literature in Italy and Spain during the first half of the seventeenth century, with special attention paid to the work of Calderon.
• Jonson, Ben - A biography of the Elizabethan dramatist.
• Lee, Nathaniel - A brief biography of the English dramatist.
• Marston, John - A biography of the English dramatist and analysis of his works.
• Massinger, Philip - A brief biography of the English dramatist.
• Middleton, Thomas - A brief biography of the Elizabethan dramatist.
• Molière - A biography of the French dramatist and analysis of his works.
• Otway, Thomas - A brief biography of the Dryden's dramatic rival.
• Racine, Jean - A biography of the French dramatist and analysis of his works.
• The Restoration Drama - An overview of comedy and drama in English theatres during the Restoration period.
• Shirley, James - A biography of the last great Elizabethan dramatist.
• Southerne, Thomas - A biography of the Irish-born dramatist.
• Tourneur, Cyril - A brief biography and analysis of his plays.
• Webster, John - A brief analysis of the works of the Elizabethan dramatist.
• Wycherley, William - A biography of the English dramatist.