Author:Anthony Munday

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Anthony Munday (1560–1633)

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Works

Extant Plays

• The first part of the Life of Sir John Oldcastle (printed 1600; with Drayton, Wilson, and Hathwaye)
• The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington (printed 1601)
• The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington (printed 1601; with Henry Chettle)
• Sir Thomas More (MS; with Chettle, Dekker, Heywood, and others)

Lost Plays

• Mother Redcap (with Drayton)
• The Funeral of Richard Cordelion (with Wilson, Chettle, Munday, and Drayton)
• Valentine and Orson (with Richard Hathwaye)
• Chance Medley (with Wilson, Drayton, and Dekker)
• Owen Tudor (with Drayton, Hathwaye, and Wilson)
• Fair Constance of Rome (with Hathwaye, Drayton, and Dekker)
• Fair Constance of Rome, Part II (with Hathwaye, Drayton, and Dekker)
• The Rising of Cardinal Wolsey (with Drayton, Chettle, and Wentworth Smith)
• Two Harpies (with Dekker, Drayton, Middleton, and Webster)
• The Widow's Charm
• The Set at Tennis

Prose

• A View of Sundry Examples, Reporting many strange murders (printed 1580)
• Zelauto, or The Fountain of Fame (printed 1580)
• A Discoverie of Edmund Campion and his Confederates (printed 1582)
• A Brief and True Report of the Execution of Certain Traytours at Tibourne (printed 1582)
• A brief Answer made unto two seditious Pamphlets (printed 1582)

Translations

• Palmerin D'Oliva (printed 1588)
• Primaleon of Greece (printed 1594)

Works about Munday

• “Munday, Anthony” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “Munday, Anthony,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.