Introduction: The Dramatic World of the Renaissance / Arthur F. Kinney -- Pt. 1. The Drama's World -- 1. The Politics of Renaissance England / Norman Jones -- 2. Political Thought and the Theater, 1580-1630 / Annabel Patterson -- 3. Religious Persuasions, c.1580-c.1620 / Lori Anne Ferrell -- 4. Social Discourse and the Changing Economy / Lee Beier -- 5. London and Westminster / Ian W. Archer -- 6. Vagrancy / William C. Carroll -- 7. Family and Household / Martin Ingram -- 8. Travel and Trade / William H. Sherman -- 9. Everyday Custom and Popular Culture / Michael Bristol -- 10. Magic and Witchcraft / Deborah Willis -- Pt. 2. The World of Drama -- 11. Playhouses / Herbert Berry -- 12. The Transmission of an English Renaissance Play-Text / Grace Ioppolo -- 13. Playing Companies and Repertory / Roslyn L. Knutson -- 14. Must the Devil Appear?: Audiences, Actors, Stage Business / S. P. Cerasano -- 15. "The Actors are Come Hither": Traveling Companies / Peter H. Greenfield -- 16. Jurisdiction of Theater and Censorship / Richard Dutton -- Pt. 3. Kinds Drama -- 17. Medieval and Reformation Roots / Raphael Falco -- 18. The Academic Drama / Robert S. Knapp -- 19. "What Revels are in Hand?": Performances in the Great Households / Suzanne Westfall -- 20. Progresses and Court Entertainments / R. Malcolm Smuts -- 21. Civic Drama / Lawrence Manley -- 22. Boy Companies and Private Theaters / Michael Shapiro -- 23. Revenge Tragedy / Eugene D. Hill -- 24. Staging the Malcontent in Early Modern England / Mark Thornton Burnett -- 25. City Comedy / John A. Twyning -- 26. Domestic Tragedy: Private Life on the Public Stage / Lena Cowen Orlin -- 27. Romance and Tragicomedy / Maurice Hunt -- 28. Gendering the Stage / Alison Findlay -- 29. Closet Drama / Marta Straznicky -- Pt. 4. Dramatists -- 30. Continental Influences / Lawrence F. Rhu -- 31. Christopher Marlowe / Emily C. Bartels -- 32. Ben Jonson / W. David Kay -- 33. Sidney, Cary, Wroth / Margaret Ferguson -- 34. Thomas Middleton / John Jowett -- 35. Beaumont and Fletcher / Lee Bliss -- 36. Collaboration / Philip C. McGuire -- 37. John Webster / Elli Abraham Shellist -- 38. John Ford / Mario DiGangi