TY - BOOK AU - Righter, Anne TI - Shakespeare and the idea of the play SN - (pbk) U1 - 822.33 PY - 1962/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - Shakespeare--Idea--Play N1 - Contents Acknowledgements Part one I mysteries and moralities: the audience as actor 1. The mystery cycles 2. Morality plays 3. The tyranny of the audience 2 the period of transition: classical comedy and the hybrid plays 1. The comedy of the ancient world 2. The impact of classical tradition 3. The play as illusion 3 the world and the stage 1. The play metaphor 2. Inheritance and experiment 3. The new attitude towards the audience Part two 4 the play image in the early work of shakespeare 1. Act, scene, and tragedy 2. The legacy of the vice 3. Shakespeare's early comedies: shadows, dreams, and plays 5 the player king 1. The king in jest 2. The flawed rule ER -