This anthology was designed not only for the serious student of world literature and the drama, but for everyone interested in the stage. It is an unusual collection, containing many great plays which are not ordinarily to be found in anthologies, and several which are not currently to be found in print in English in any edition. Virtually every great dramatic tradition is represented ? Greek, Roman, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Medieval, as well as such national traditions of Europe as Italian, Spanish, English, French, German, Danish, Russian, and Norwegian.This volume includes: Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Antigone; Euripides: Alcestis; Aristophanes: The Clouds; Plautus: The Captives; Terence: Phormio; Seneca: Medea; Kálidása: Sakoontalá; The Oriental plays: The Chalk Circle, Abstractions, Nakamitsu, and Fair Ladies at the Game of Poem-Cards; anonymous Medieval plays: Adam, The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins, The Second Shepherd's Play, The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin, Everyman, and St. George; Sachs: The Wandering Scholar from Paradise; Marlowe: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus; Johnson: Every Man in His Humour; Heywood: A Woman Killed with Kindness; Beaumont and Fletcher: The Maid's Tragedy; Farquhar: The Beaux-Stratagem; Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer; Sheridan: School for Scandal. 26 plays in total.

Ancient Greece (468-423 b.c.) Prometheus Bound Aeschylus Antigone Sophocles Alcestis Euripides The Clouds AristophanesAncient Rome (200 b.c.-1st Century a.d.) The Captives Plautus Phormio Terence Medea SenecaAncient India (5th Century?) Sakoontala KalidasaChina (13th or 14th Century?) The Chalk Circle AnonymousJapan (14th-18th Centuries) Abstraction Anonymous Nakamitsu Seami Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem-Cards Chikamatsu MonzaemonMedieval Europe (12th-16th Centuries) Adam Anonymous The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins Anonymous The Second Shepherds' Play Anonymous The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin Anonymous Everyman Anonymous The Wandering Scholar from Paradise Hans SachsEngland (13th Century?-1777) The Play of St. George Anonymous The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe Every Man in His Humour Ben Jonson A Woman Killed with Kindness Thomas Heywood The Maid's Tragedy Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith The School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan