.), as well
as the German journals _Anglia_, _Englische Studien_, &c., and the
_Modern Language Review_ (Cambridge).
The later English drama from the reopening of the theatres (1660) is
treated in L. N. Chase, _The English Heroic Play_ (New York, 1903); C.
Cibber, _Apology for the Life of C. Cibber_, written by himself, new
ed. by R. W. Lowe (2 vols., London, 1889), who has also edited
Churchill's _Rosciad_ and _Apology_ (London, 1891); J. Doran, _Their
Majesties' Servants: annals of the English Stage_ (3 vols., London,
1888); A. Filon, _Le Theatre anglais: hier, aujourd'hui, demain_
(Paris, 1896); W. Hazlitt, _A View of the English Stage_ (_Works_, ed.
A. R. Waller, vol. viii.) (London, 1903); W. Nicholson, _The Struggle
for a Free Stage in London_ (Westminster, 1907).
The following treat of the modern German drama in particular
periods:--R. Prulss, _Gesch. der deutschen Schauspielkunst von den
Anfangen bis 1850_ (Leipzig, 1900); R. E. Prutz, _Vorlesungen uber die
Geschichte des deutschen Theaters_ (Berlin, 1847); R. Froning, _Das
Drama der Reformationszeit_ (Stuttgart, 1900); C. Heine, _Das
Schauspiel der deutschen Wanderbuhne vor Gottsched_ (Halle, 1889); J.
Minor, _Die Schicksalstragodie in ihren Hauptvertretern_ (Frankfort,
1883); M. Martersteig, _Das deutsche Theater im XIX^ten Jahrh._
(Leipzig, 1904). See also G. G. Gervinus, _Geschichte der deutschen
Dichtung_ (5th ed., 5 vols., Leipzig, 1871-1874); and the literary
histories of K. Goedeke (_Grundriss_), A. Koberstein, &c. A special
aspect of the drama in modern Germany is dealt with in P. Bahlmann,
_Die lateinischen Dramen von Wimpheling's Stylpho bis zur Mitte des
XVI^ten Jahrhunderts, 1480-1550_ (Munster, 1893), and the same
author's _Jesuiten-Dramen der niederrheinischen Ordensprovinz_
(Leipzig, 1896).
The standard history of the modern German stage is Eduard Devrient,
_Gesch. der deutschen Schauspielkunst_ (2 vols., Leipzig, 1848-1861);
see also R. Prulss, _Gesch. der deutschen Schauspielkunst von den
Anfangen bis 1850_ (Leipzig, 1900); O. G. Fluggen, _Biographisches
Buhnen-Lexikon der deutschen Theater_ (Munich, 1892).
A good account of the history of the Dutch drama is F. von Hellwald's
_Geschichte des hollandischen Theaters_ (Rotterdam, 1874). See also
the authorities under J. van den Vondel.
Information concerning the Danish drama will be found in the
autobiographies
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