The Elizabethan Dumb Show (Routledge Revivals) The History of a
Dramatic Convention By Dieter Mehl Published October 22nd 2010
by Routledge – 208 pages Series: Routledge Revivals First
published in English in 1965, this book discusses the roots and
development of the dumb show as a device in Elizabethan drama.
The work provides not only a useful manual for those who wish to
check the occurrence of dumb shows and the uses to which they
are put; it also makes a real contribution to a better
understanding of the progress of Elizabethan drama, and sheds
new light on some of the lesser known plays of the period. 1.
Origins and Beginnings 2. Forms of the Dumb Show 3. The
Classical Tragedies 4. Thomas Kyd 5. The 'University Wits' 6.
Popular Plays of Legendary Heroes and Adventure 7. William
Shakespeare 8. John Marston 9. Thomas Middleton 10. Romantic
Tragicomedy