It is announced on the flyleaf that a second volume, now in preparation, will cover the period from 1870 to 1995.
The former is a ninth- to tenth-century manuscript of probable continental origin with a drawing on the flyleaf showing an elaborate, towered building.
It is the flyleaf bound in at the beginning of this volume that is of special interest.
On its flyleaf, a father had inscribed a verse for his son.
In their usual understated fashion, the authors describe this as a 'practical reference book' on the flyleaf but it is really much more than that.
The leaves may at one time have served as flyleaves to a printed book, but nothing further is known about their post-medieval history.
Wilson thought that it had been discarded when redundant and used as a flyleaf for the volume, idem.
This quotation typifies not only a clogged style but also a persistent conflation throughout the book of 'drama' and 'theatre' (and 'drama and theatre' are 'genres', according to the flyleaf).
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