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

Abstract

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.