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- Title
The Merry Tanner, the Mayor's Feast, and the King's Mistress: Thomas Heywood's 1 Edward IV and the Ballad Tradition.
- Authors
Corrigan, Nora L.
- Abstract
This article reports on the work of English playwright Thomas Heywood and his 1599 play "The First and Second Parts of King Edward the Fourth." The article discusses the historical play and its characters, including the Merry Tanner, the Mayor, and the king's Mistress. Information is provided on its role in Elizabethan drama, ballads, and narratives involving kings.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; HEYWOOD, Thomas, d. 1641; FIRST &; Second Parts of King Edward IV, The (Book); ENGLISH historical drama; EARLY modern English drama; ENGLISH theater; LITERARY characters; SIXTEENTH century; MEDIEVAL &; Renaissance (Literary period)
- Publication
Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England (Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corporation), 2009, Vol 22, p27
- ISSN
0731-3403
- Publication type
Literary Criticism