The Life Of Sir John Oldcastle, 1600

by Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, Richard Hathway

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118 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1600

About the author

Anthony Munday (or Monday) (baptized 13 October 156 – 10 August 1633) was an English playwright and miscellaneous writer. The chief interest in Munday for the modern reader lies in his work as one of the chief predecessors of Shakespeare in English dramatic composition, as well as his writings on Robin Hood.

Reviews

[James F · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this play in a digitized facsimile of the 1734 edition, from Open Library; it attributes it to "Mr. William Shakespeare". Actually, as we know from Henslowe's records, it was a collaboration between Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, Richard Hathwaye and Robert Wilson, with Drayton probably contributing the most, which is why I am reading it along with Drayton's poetry. It is a history play about Sir John Oldcastle, a Wycliffite martyr, although he is still alive at the end (there was apparently a second part, which if it was ever performed has not survived, and which would have gone on to his martyrdom.) It's hardly Shakespeare.