More than 2,200 works by over 500 named authors and over 300 anonymous works.

English Verse Drama provides unprecedented access to the riches of English verse drama.

English Verse Drama contains more than 2,200 works by over 500 named authors and over 300 anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late thirteenth century through the unparalleled output of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period to the end of the nineteenth century. It provides a fuller context than ever before for the historical and linguistic study of English literature.

The bibliographic basis for English Verse Drama is the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, CUP 1969-72 (NCBEL). The database includes the works of all writers of verse drama listed in NCBEL and principally active before 1900. Editions chosen are usually contemporary with their authors. Masques and short dramatic pieces written primarily in verse, selected translations, works written for children and numerous adaptations are included.

The entire text of each verse drama is included, together with any accompanying text written by the original author.