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Henry Medwall

Henry Medwall

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

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, see Fulgens and Lucrece.
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