John Heywood
Heywood, John
Born circa 1497, in London; died circa 1580, in Belgium. English dramatist. Friend of T. More.
By individualizing the characters of the heroes of his interludes, Heywood played a significant role in transforming the medieval morality play into realistic comedy. His short comic sketch, The Four P’s, was published in 1569. Heywood also left a collection of epigrams and proverbs, published in 1562.
WORKS
The Dramatic Writings. London, 1905.REFERENCES
Istoriia zapadnoevropeiskogo teatra, vol. 1. Moscow, 1956.Maxwell, I. French Farce and John Heywood. Melbourne-London, 1946.