Bale, Heywood, and the Politics of Necessity

This essay offers a reading of two well-known early sixteenth-century plays, John Bale’s Kynge Johan and John Heywood’s Play of the Wether, in terms of their Henrician (and possibly early Elizabethan) political resonances. Unlike most such critical accounts of these plays, which often consider them...

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Published in:Studies in philology 2024-09, Vol.121 (4), p.479-507
Main Author: Breen, Dan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
16th century
Bale, John (1495-1563)
Bale, John (English historian)
Clergy
Courts
Criticism and interpretation
Drama
Dramatists
Elizabethan period
English literature
Ethics
Heywood, John
Heywood, John (English playwright)
Legislatures
Necessity (Philosophy)
Political aspects
Political behavior
Political history
Political participation
Political power
Politics
Theater history
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