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An archive of articles on sixteenth century theatre.

The two matters considered in depth are the relationship between the design of performance arenas in Elizabethan England and those of Ancient Rome, and Early Modern Plays with a Roman theme.

Detailed listing of people involved with the Early modern theatre.

Details of the annual Conference, at the Shakespeare Institute Stratford where postgraduate students submit work on Shakespeare and his contemporary dramatists. Includes the text of papers delivered.

An examination of attempts by the Puritans and the London Corporation to shut down the theaters, as well as the royal protection which allowed the theaters to thrive.

Review of Surveillance, Militarism and Drama in the era of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Background for historical plays.

An overview of Elizabethan Theatre; covers regulation and licensing of plays, objections to playhouses, companies of actors, and composition and ownership of plays.

In an essay entitled 'Wrong Side of the River,' Jessica Browner considers London's disreputable south bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century.

An essay which discusses references to pilgrimage in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.

An index of poems by some of the most important dramatists of the sixteenth century, including William Shakespeare, Torquato Tasso, and Lope de Vega.

An essay considering the reasons behind the Puritan opposition to the Early Modern theatre.

Collection of Renaissance and Medieval drama and related works.

Examines the development of the theatres and stages from Medieval drama to Shakespeare's time.

An illustrated lecture on the development of the Elizabethan theatre, covering both playhouses and the dramas performed.