This anthology, Four Great Elizabethan Plays, introduced by noted theatre critic John Gassner, brings together four exemplary works from the Elizabethan era, offering readers a vivid cross-section of dramatic styles and thematic concerns prevalent in late 16th- and early 17th-century English theatre. Although the specific plays selected are not listed in available bibliographic sources, typical anthologies of this kind often feature works by canonical dramatists such as Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker, and John Webster—authors who represent the stylistic and thematic diversity of the period.