ENGLISH DRAMA, 1565-1642: SOME PROBLEMS FOR RESEARCH

Abstract

Because I am only too conscious of the magnitude of the dramatic literature that is the subject of our discussion, and of the vastness of the literature on that literature, it is with some diffidence that I address myself to the topic on which Professor Bentley has been so good as to invite me to speak this afternoon. Perhaps, however, my work in revising Professor Alfred Harbage's Annals of English Dranaand my activities in association with this Conference may enable me to say a few words appropriate to the occasion.