For medieval English in particular:--Ahn, _English Mysteries and Miracle Plays_ (Trèves, 1867); S. W. Clarke, _The Miracle Play in England_ (London, 1897); F. W. Fairholt, _Lord Mayors' Pageants_, 2 vols. (Percy Soc.) (London, 1843-1844); A. W. Pollard, _English Miracle Plays, Moralities and Interludes_ (3rd ed., Oxford 1898); _Chester Plays_ ed. T. Wright, 2 vols. (Shakespeare Soc.) (London, 1843), re-ed. by H. Deimling (part only) (E.E.T.S.) (London, 1893); _Coventry Plays, Ludus Coventriae_, ed. J. O. Halliwell (-Phillipps) (Shakespeare Soc.) (London, 1841); _Coventry Plays_. _Dissertation on the pageants or mysteries at Coventry_, by T. Sharp (Coventry, 1825); _Digby Plays_, ed. F. J. Furnivall (E.E.T.S.) (London, 1896); _Towneley Mysteries_, ed. G. England and A. W. Pollard (E.E.T.S.) (London, 1897); _York Plays_, ed. L. T. Smith (Oxford, 1885). For the German in particular:--F. J. Mone, _Altteutsche Schauspiele_ (Quedlinburg, 1841); H. Reidt, _Das geistliche Schauspiel des Mittelalters in Deutschland_ (Frankfort, 1868); E. Wilken, _Gesch. der geistlichen Spiele in Deutschland_ (Göttingen, 1872). The revival of the classical drama in the Renaissance age is treated in P. Bahlmann's _Die Erneuerer des antiken Dramas und ihre ersten dramatischen Versuche_, 1314-1478 (Münster, 1896); A. Chassang's _Des essais dramatiques imités de l'antiquité au XIV^e et XV^e siècle_ (Paris, 1852); and in V. de Amitis' _L'Imitazione latina nella commedia del XVI. secolo_ (Pisa, 1871). Both the medieval and portions of the later drama are treated in W. Cloetta, _Beiträge zur Litteraturgeschichte des Mittelalters und der Renaissance_ (2 vols., Halle, 1890-1892); W. Creizenach, _Geschichte des neueren Dramas_, vols. i.-iii. (Halle, 1893-1903); R. Prölss, _Geschichte des neueren Dramas_ (3 vols., Leipzig, 1881-1883). See also L.-V. Gofflot, _Le Théâtre au collège, du moyen âge à nos jours_, Préface par Jules Claretie (Paris, 1907). The history of the modern Italian drama, in its various stages, is treated by A. d'Ancona, _Origini del teatro italiano_ (2nd ed., 2 vols., Turin, 1891); J. Dornis, _Le Théâtre italien contemporain_ (Paris, 1904); H. Lyonnet, _Le Théâtre en Italie_ (Paris, 1900); L. Riccoboni, _Histoire du théâtre italien_ (2 vols., Rome, 1728-1731); J. C. Walker, _Historical Memoir on Italian Tragedy_ (London, 1799). See also A. Gaspary, _History of Early Italian Literature_, transl. by H. Oelsner (London, 1901). Some information as to the modern Greek drama is given in R. Nicolai, _Geschichte der neugriechischen Literatur_ (Leipzig, 1876).