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This text charts the development of historical drama from the Mass & Saint plays on Thomas Becket, to the later history plays, showing that the history play is neither Shakespeare's nor an Elizabethan invention, but has its roots in medieval drama.Benjamin Griffin is the author of 'Playing the Past: Approaches to English Historical Drama, 1385-1600', published 2001 under ISBN 9780859916158 and ISBN 0859916154.
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