16th Century in Literature - New Drama

New Drama

1508

    • The World and the Child, also known as Mundas et Infans (probable date of composition)

1531

    • Accademia degli Intronati - Gl' Ingannati

1536

    • Hans Ackermann - Der Verlorene Sohn

1541

    • Giovanni Battista Giraldi - Orbecche

1551

    • Marin Držić - Dundo Maroje

1553

    • (about 1553) – Gammer Gurton's Needle and Ralph Roister Doister, the first comedies written in the English language
    • António Ferreira - Bristo

1562

    • Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville - Gorboduc
    • Jack Juggler - anonymous, sometimes attributed to Nicholas Udall

1566

    • George Gascoigne - Supposes

1567

    • John Pickering - Horestes

1568

    • Ulpian Fulwell - Like Will to Like

1573

    • Torquato Tasso - Aminta

1582

    • Giovanni Battista Guarini - Il pastor fido

1584

    • John Lyly
      • Campaspe
      • Sapho and Phao
    • George Peele - The Arraignment of Paris
    • Robert Wilson - The Three Ladies of London (published)

1588

    • George Peele - The Battle of Alcazar (performed)

1589

    • The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune - anonymous (published)

1590

    • Christopher Marlowe - Tamburlaine (both parts published)
    • George Peele - Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First
    • Robert Wilson - The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London (published)

1591

    • John Lyly - Endymion (published)
    • The Troublesome Reign of King John - Anonymous (published)

1592

    • Thomas Kyd - The Spanish Tragedy (published)
    • William Shakespeare - Henry VI, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
    • Arden of Faversham - anonymous (previously attributed to Shakespeare)

1594

    • Samuel Daniel - Cleopatra
    • Robert Greene
      • Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (published)
      • Orlando Furioso (published)
    • Thomas Lodge & Robert Greene - A Looking Glass for London (published)
    • Lope de Vega - El maestro de danzar - (The Dancing Master)
    • George Peele - The Battle of Alcazar (published)
    • William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet
    • Robert Wilson - The Cobbler's Prophecy (published)

1595

    • Locrine - Anonymous (published)

1597

    • The Isle of Dogs - Thomas Nashe & Ben Jonson
    • Richard II - William Shakespeare (published)

1598

    • Robert Greene - The Scottish Historie of James the Fourth (published)
    • Ben Jonson - Every Man in His Humour

1599

    • Thomas Dekker - The Shoemaker's Holiday
    • Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and William Haughton - Patient Grissel
    • Ben Jonson - Every Man Out of His Humour
    • William Shakespeare - Henry V

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