James Armstrong, Playwright

The Victorian poet Algernon Charles Swinburne is probably best known for his 1866 book Poems and Ballads , but the year before that he publi...

A manuscript in the Bodleian Library in Oxford contains a unique miracle play about the life of Saint Mary Magdalene. The manuscript, known ...

As the middle ages in England came to a close, the Plantagenet dynasty split into two factions: the House of Lancaster and the House of York...

Early Spanish Drama During the 16th and 17th centuries, Spain asserted its power across the globe. It dominated Europe, conquered much of ...

Liturgical Drama Though early Christians opposed the theatre, their rituals were themselves dramatic. At the heart of Christian religious ...