Lost Plays from Early Modern England: Voyage Drama, A Case Study

Abstract

This article arises out of work on the recently launched Lost Plays Database (http://www.lostplays.org), and provides a case study of how consideration of lost plays can affect studies of early modern English drama. Through attention to lost travel plays, I discuss how our perception of voyage drama as a sub-genre stands to be radically revised by the fragmentary evidence of non-extant texts.