Fulgens and Lucrece
play written by Henry Medwall
Fulgens and Lucrece is a morality play. It was made in the late 15th century by Henry Medwall. It is the oldest fully secular English play that still exists.[1] It was probably first performed at Lambeth Palace in 1497.[2] The play is based on a Latin story by Buonaccorso da Montemagno.[3] The play was printed in 1512–1516 by John Rastell.[4] Later, only a part of it was found until a copy was found in an auction of books in 1919.[5] A man named Henry E. Huntington bought this copy. He arranged the printing of a facsimile.[6] The play is an example of a débat.[7]
References
change- ↑ Bill Gilbert: "Chapter 20: Literary Movements in the Sixteenth Century" in Renaissance and Reformation. Lawrence, Kansas: Carrie, 1998.
- ↑ Wayne S. Turney: Pre-Shakespearean Interludes: Interludes from the Court of Henry VIII.
- ↑ Robert Frank Willson, "Their form confounded": studies in the burlesque play from Udall to Sheridan 1975, p. 9.
- ↑ Greg Walker: Medieval Drama, Wiley-Blackwell, 2000 ISBN 0-631-21727-4, p. 305.
- ↑ George Sampson: The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature Third edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970, p. 245. Accessed 2009-07-13.
- ↑ The Malone Society: Collections: Vol. II, part II (1923). Accessed 13 July 2009.
- ↑ Shipley, Joseph T. (1964). Dictionary of World Literature: Criticism, Forms, Techniques. Taylor and Francis. p. 149.
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