Volume I of the reissue of the E. K. Chambers's seminal four-volume account of the private, public, and court stages, together with other forms of drama and spectacle surviving from earlier times, from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth until the death of Shakespeare.

After a twenty year hiatus during which these two seminal works were available only through rare book dealers, Oxford is pleased to reissue Chamber's 1930 collection of documents relating to Shakespeare's life and work.