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Anthony Munday

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Anthony Munday 1553-1633, English author, b. London. After spending his early years as an actor, he turned to writing. His literary output includes a number of plays (many written in collaboration), poems, pageants, several anti-Catholic pamphlets, and translations of popular French romances (including Amadis de Gaul ). Among his plays are John a Kent and John a Cumber (c.1594) and two on the legend of Robin Hood, The Downfall and Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington (both 1601).

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Munday, Anthony
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Munday, Anthony (1560–1633), English hack-writer, pamphleteer, ballad-maker, translator, and playwright. His first extant play, Fedele and...two wizards, John a Kent and John a Cumber ( c. 1590), probably suggested the Bottom scenes in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595). Munday is known to have ... Read more
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...of the poor against the tyranny of the rich. It is impossible to identify him with any historical personage, though Anthony Munday made him the exiled Earl of Huntingdon. Since he is always dressed in green he may be a survival of the Wood-man... Read more
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...socialite Lady Violet Bonham Carter and grandniece of the director Anthony Asquith. Education: Attended South Hampstead High School...as Chiara); Getting It Right (Kleiser) (as Lady Minerva Munday) 1990 Hamlet (Zeffirelli) (as Ophelia) 1991 Where Angels Fear...Helena Bonham-Carter. Other actors, including Emma ... Read more
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