Durham E-Theses English verse drama from 1890 - 1935 Gowda, H. H. Anniah How to cite: Gowda, H. H. Anniah (1958) English verse drama from 1890 - 1935, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10451/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk ENGLISH VERSE DRAMA FROM 1890 TO 1935 Thesis submitted to the University of Durham for the degree of M.Litt, by H.H.Anniah Gowda, M.A. (Mysore) Department of English, The Durham Colleges in the University of Durham, Durham, Septemher 26, 1958. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I Chapter 1 CAUSES- OF THE DECLINE OF POETIC DRAMA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ... ' 1 2 DERIVATIVE PLAYS ... ... ... 13 3 DERIVATIVE PLAYS (Contd) 65 4 DOCTRINAIRE PLAYS 135 5 SPECTACULAR PLAYS ... ... ... 184 6 'REALISTIC • V.ERSE DRAMA ... ... 215 7 THE INFLUENCE OF THE NOH PLAYS ON VERSE DRAMA 269 8 RELIGIOUS VERSE DRAMA ..