Includes facsimile reproductions of the original title page of each of the twenty-eight plays.

Contents (cont.): -- The shoemaker's holiday / Thomas Dekker -- The honest whore, part I / Thomas Dekker -- The honest whore, part II / Thomas Dekker -- The knight of the burning pestle / Francis Beaumont -- Philaster / Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher -- The maid's tragedy / Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher -- The wild-goose chase / John Fletcher -- The white devil / John Webster -- A trick to catch the old one / Thomas Middleton -- The changeling / Thomas Middleton and William Rowley -- A new way to pay old debts / Philip Massinger -- The broken heart / John Ford -- The lady of pleasure / James Shirley.