The play of the wether [1544] A newe and very mery enterlude of all maner wethers made by Iohn Heywood.
The players names: Iupiter a god. Mery reporte the vyce. The gentylman. The marchant. The ranger. The water myller. The wynde myller. The gentylwoman. The launder. A boy the left that can play
Author: Heywood, John, 1497?-1580? 1544
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So entertaining! A thinly-veiled satire of Henry VIII that was supposedly performed in his Court while he was away trying to get his marriage with Catherine of Aragon annulled. Understanding the historical context of this vastly underrated play is to wield the key to its many pleasures.