Lost Plays in Shakespeare's England examines assumptions about what a lost play is and how it can be talked about; how lost plays can be reconstructed, particularly when they use narratives already familiar to playgoers; and how lost plays can force us to reassess extant plays, particularly through ideas of repertory studies.

John H. Astington, University of Toronto, Canada Andrew Gurr, University of Reading, UK Michael J. Hirrel, independent scholar, USA Roslyn L. Knutson, University of Arkansas, USA Lawrence Manley, Yale University, USA Christopher Matusiak, Ithaca College, New York, USA David McInnis, University of Melbourne, Australia Christi Spain-Savage, Fordham University, USA Matthew Steggle, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Misha Teramura, Harvard University, USA Paul Whitfield White, Purdue University, USA Martin Wiggins, University of Birmingham, UK William Proctor Williams, University of Akron, USA

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors A Note on Convention Introduction Nothing Will Come of Nothing? Or, What Can We Learn from Plays that Don't Exist?; David McInnis and Matthew Steggle PART I: WHAT IS A LOST PLAY? 1. What's a Lost Play?: Toward a Taxonomy of Lost Plays; William Proctor Williams 2. Ur-Plays and other exercises in Making Stuff Up; Roslyn L. Knutson 3. What is Lost of Shakespearean Plays, Besides a Few Titles?; Andrew Gurr 4. Lost, or Rather Surviving as a Very Short Document; Matthew Steggle 5. Lumpers and Splitters; John H. Astington PART II: WORKING WITH LOST PLAYS 6. '2 Fortune's Tennis' and the Admiral's Men; David McInnis 7. Brute Parts: From Troy to Britain at the Rose, 1595-1600; Misha Teramura 8. The Admiral's Lost Arthurian Plays; Paul Whitfield White 9. Lost Plays and the Repertory of Lord Strange's Men; Lawrence Manley 10. Thomas Watson, Playwright: Origins of Modern English Drama; Michael J. Hirrel 11. Lost Stage Friars and their Narratives; Christopher Matusiak 12. Reimagining Gillian: The Merry Wives of Windsor and the Lost 'Friar Fox and Gillian of Brentford'; Christi Spain-Savage PART III: MOVING FORWARD 13. Where to Find Lost Plays; Martin Wiggins Bibliography Index