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Henry Medwall

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Henry Medwall fl. 1486, first known English vernacular dramatist. He was chaplain to Cardinal Morton. His Fulgens and Lucrece (1497), whose heroine must choose between two suitors, is the earliest known secular English play. Medwall also wrote Nature, a morality play.


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Medwall, Henry
Medwall, Henry, see Fulgens and Lucrece . Read more
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Medwall, Henry ( fl. 1490–1514), early English dramatist whose work was practically unknown until in 1919 the manuscript of his Fulgens... Read more
Fulgens and Lucrece
Fulgens and Lucrece, a late 15th-cent. interlude by Henry Medwall ( fl. 1486), regarded as the earliest known purely secular play in English. Read more
interludes
...or farcical element is more prevalent, the versification tends to doggerel, and they are shorter than the moralities. The origin of the name is obscure. There are good examples by Heywood , Henry Medwall (see Fulgens and Lucrece ), and Rastell . Read more

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