English Dramatic Interludes 1300-1580

Darryll Grantley has created a guide to that genre of entertainment known as the Interlude. Starting in the fourteenth century Interludes included a variety of works not considered part of cycle plays. This easy-to-use reference guide to each of the extant Interludes and fragments (c. 100) includes: account of early editions or manuscripts; authors or sources; modern editions; plot summary and dramatis personae; social issues in the plays; verbal and dramaturgical features; and staging directions among other valuable details. A bibliography and appendices are also included.