Works
His plays are, with the exception of The Ordinary, far-fetched in plot, and stilted and artificial in treatment. They are:
- The Royal Slave (1636), produced by the students of Christ Church before the king and queen, with music by Henry Lawes
- The Lady Errant (acted, 1635–1636; printed, 1651)
- The Siege, or Love's Convert (printed 1651)
In The Ordinary (1635?) he produced a comedy of real life, in imitation of Jonson, representing pot-house society. It is reprinted in Robert Dodsley's Old Plays (ed. William Hazlitt, vol. xii.).
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