Henry Medwall

Henry Medwall was the first known English vernacular dramatist. Fulgens and Lucrece (c.1497), whose heroine must choose between two suitors, is the earliest known secular English play. The other play of Medwall is titled Nature. He stayed at the court of Cardinal Morton, Chancellor in the time of Henry VII. ^{Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)}

8 September 1462

Born on the same birth day (8 September): Carl Stenborg • Catherine of Bologna • Daniel Petrov • Daniel Wolpert • David O. McKay • Dustin O'Halloran • James Packer • John Jenkins (Australian politician) • Jürgen Säumel • Larenz Tate • Ludovico Ariosto • Marco Benassi • Margaret Hodge • Neko Case • Rick Michaels • Terry Jenner • Valery Afanassiev

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