John Heywood biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of John Heywood

Author Name:

John Heywood

Born As:

John Heywood

Other Names:

Born:

1497

Died:

1580




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Dramatist and proverb collector                          
Selected Works:

Plays:

The Merry Play between Johan the Husband, Tyb his Wife, and Sir John the Priest
The Mery Play between the Pardoner and the Frere, the Curate and Neybour Pratte (before 1533
The Play called the foure PP; a newe and a very mery interlude of a palmer, a pardoner, a potycary, a pedler - c. 1530
The Play of the Wether - 1533
The Play of Love - 1533
The Dialogue of Wit and Folly
The Four PP

Verse:

The Spider and the Flie - 1556

Collections:

Proverbs - c. 1538
The Proverbs of John Heywood - 1546