Elizabethan Drama

The term Elizabethan drama covers not only the beginning of poetic drama (1588-1600) but also the period after the reign of James I upto the closing of theatres in 1642. But modern critics generally designate the mature phase as Jacobean drama and the decline as Caroline drama. If we fall back upon this distinction, Elizabethan drama would include the plays of Marlowe (1664-93), the early plays of Shakespeare (1564-161); the plays of Lyly (1554-1606), Peele (1558-97) and Greene (1560-92). Before the Elizabethan drama, miracle and morality plays were written in abundance................
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