Adolphus William Ward

“ Both the medieval and portions of the later drama are treated in W. Cloetta, Beiträge zur Litteraturgeschichte des Mittelalters und der Renaissance (2 vols., Halle, 1890–1892) ; W. Creizenach, Geschichte des neueren Dramas, vols. i.-iii. (Halle, 1893–1903) ; R. Prölss, Geschichte des neueren Dramas (3 vols., Leipzig, 1881–1883) . See also L.-V. Gofflot, Le Théâtre au collège, du moyen âge à nos jours, Préface par Jules Claretie (Paris, 1907) .
The history of the modern Italian drama, in its various stages, is treated by A. d’Ancona, Origini del teatro italiano (2nd ed., 2 vols., Turin, 1891) ”

“ A. Filon, The Modern French Drama (London, 1898) ; V. Fournel, Le Théâtre au XVIIe siècle (Paris, 1892) ; E. Fournier, Le Théâtre français au XVIe et au XVIIe siècle (2 vols., Paris, s.d.) ; F. Hawkins, Annals of the French Stage (London, 1884) ; H. Lucas, Hist. philosophique et littéraire du théâtre français depuis son origine (3 vols., Paris) ; Parfait, Hist. du théâtre français (15 vols., Paris, 1745–1749) ; L. Petit de Julleville, Le théâtre en France depuis ses origines jusqu’à nos jours (Paris, 1899) ; E. Rigal, Le théâtre français avant la période classique (Paris, 1901) ”

“ See also J. C. Démogeot’s, H. von Laun’s and Saintsbury’s histories of French Literature.
Of the ample literature concerned with the modern English drama the following works may be specially mentioned, as dealing with the entire range of the English drama, or with more than one of its periods:—D. E. Baker, Biographia dramatica (continued to 1811 by J. Reed and S. Jones) (3 vols., London, 1812) ; J. P. Collier, History of English Dramatic Poetry, new ed. (3 vols., London, 1879) ; C. Dibdin, A complete History of the English Stage (5 vols., London, 1800) ”