The Oxford dictionary of plays

Family tree of main characters in Shakespeare's history plays.

Plays selected for entry, ordered according to country of origin and period.

The Oxford dictionary of plays.

Index of characters.

Index of playwrights.

Categories selected for entry: Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Oriental classics

Medieval

Italian Renaissance

England and Scotland 1490-1642

Spanish golden age

French classical theatre

Restoration

Eighteenth century: Britain and Ireland

Continental Europe

Romantic period

Realist drama, comedies, and melodramas: Britain (incl. Irish-born authors writing for the English stage) 1825-1920

Continental Europe

Symbolism, expressionism and non-realistic drama 1880-1920

America to 1944

Canada and the Caribbean

Australia and New Zealand

Africa, India, and Japan

Ireland post-1880

Britain 1910-1956

Continental Europe post-1920: France and Belgium

Italy, Spain and Latin America

German-language and Scandinavia

Eastern Europe and Israel

USA post-1944

Britain post-1956.