8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; x - 293 pp. Twenty four essays in total with ten " . . . essays establishing the historical conditions of playacting, from boy actors and antitheatrical sentiment to the production and ownership of theatrical script, and the effects of censorship. (Fourteen) essays than offer critical reassessments of individual non-Shakespearean plays . . .". Previous owner's name on the inside of the front cover, otherwise very clean and sound with no apparent signs of ever having been used.