Excerpt from Elizabethan Translations From the ItalianDuring the winter of 1891 - 92, I made a list of all English dramas produced between the accession of Edward VI, in 1549, and the closing of the theatres by the Parliamentarians, in 1642. My list showed that some fifteen hundred plays belong to the period of the great drama of the reigns of Elizabeth and James I, of which about one-half are extant. Of extant Eliza. Bethan dramas it set apart about one-third as Italianate, they are Italian in source, or plot, or scene, or general tone. Much has been written about Italian in¿uences in Elizabethan litera ture, and lies scattered throughout English criticism of the last three hundred years. The subject from the Italian side is not so well known.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.