Edited by Edward J Dent.

Today's revival of interest in 17th-century English music-theatre owes much to pioneering early Musica Britannica volumes which made available for the first time authoritative editions of works such as James Shirley's Cupid and Death, an important example of the Renaissance masque tradition surviving from this period. Performing material is available for rental.
First published in 1951, revised 1965.