The chief Elizabethan dramatists, excluding Shakespeare

Act 5 — THE HONOURABLE HISTORY OF FRIAR BACON AND FRIAR BUNGAY

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THE HONEST[2259] WHORE

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[ACT III][ACT IV]

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THE HONEST WHORE

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THE MALCONTENT

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[Scene Ia.[2761]

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A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS

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THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE

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PHILASTER; OR LOVE LIES A-BLEEDING

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THE MAID’S TRAGEDY

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THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS

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THE WILD-GOOSE CHASE

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THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

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A TRICK TO CATCH THE OLD ONE

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THE CHANGELING

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[Scene II][3947]

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A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS

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THE BROKEN HEART

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Scene I[4144]

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THE LADY OF PLEASURE

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THE CARDINAL

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ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE PLAYS BIBLIOGRAPHIES BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES INDEX OF CHARACTERS INDEX OF SONGS INDEX OF AUTHORS INDEX OF PLAYS

BY ROBERT GREENE

[DRAMATIS PERSONAE

King Henry the Third.

Edward, Prince of Wales, his son.

Emperor of Germany.

King of Castile.

Lacy, Earl of Lincoln.

Warren, Earl of Sussex.

Ermsby, a gentleman.

Ralph Simnell, the King’s Fool.

Friar Bacon.

Miles, Friar Bacon’s poor scholar.

Friar Bungay.

Jaques Vandermast, a German.

Burden, } Doctors of Oxford.

Mason,

Clement,

Lambert,} gentlemen.

Serlsby,

Two Scholars, their sons.

The Keeper of Fressingfield.

Thomas, } farmers’ sons.

Richard,

Constable.

A Post.

Lords, Country Clowns, &c.

Elinor, daughter to the King of Castile.

Margaret, the Keeper’s daughter of Fressingfield.

Joan, a country wench.

Hostess of the Bell at Henley.

A DEVIL.

Spirit in the shape of Hercules.

A dragon shooting fire.]