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